This one was exclusively matured in sherry casks, and if you look at the strength, well, I think I'm in for a beast! I've seen these go for upwards of 1000€ at auctions these days. This one I purchased in Denmark a couple years ago for about 200€, and that says a bit about the increase in scotch whisky prices. The color is amber+. It smells rich, sweet, cinnamon, red onions, a bit perfumy, lavender, thyme, shortbread, caramel, chipotle, honey, nougat, almonds, like a spicy chocolate with these hints of syrup. The taste is supersweet at first, cinnamon, caramel, honey, beeswax, ginger, earthy notes, vanilla. Then after that initial sweetness, there's peat, iodine, smoke, ashes, peppery notes, tar, lime rind, balsamic vinegar, tobacco. A devious malt, seems so sweet and light at first, then hits me with everything that makes Talisker Single Malt so special, in excess of what I've found in other bottlings. I'll add some water. Now it does not change much with water, other than both the sweetness and the extreme coastal/peaty notes becomes more restrained. Please skip the water if you can handle this neat, but its a damn fine whisky when watered down too. The finish (neat) is peat and tar, quite simple, but it just goes on and on, almost like a strong cigar, it just stays on the tongue. A Talisker that in style, I see little hope will ever resurface. Get one while you still can!
Stellar whisky, the nectar of gods: 10
Next tasting: Glenesk Distillery
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