Talisker ( Official) - 10 years - 10 y.o. - 45,8%
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- Bottler:
- Official
- Age:
- 10 years
- Alcohol:
- 45,8%
- Collection:
- Classic Malts
- Bottle details:
- average
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- (84,13)
- price class:
12 notes disponibles en français
Quite a pleasant nose with slightly farmy hints (wet hay) and malty motes with rather strong fragrances of peat and salt.
In the palate, malted barley seems to dominate but a strange yeast impression mixing with discrete peat notes is present too. A pleasant whisky, without too much depth.
The finish is relatively long and this malt leaves nice memories of malt and sea behind.
I was quite surprised to see it is a Talisker 10 yo as it was much more spectacular in my memory. Aeration? Impossible, this is a newly opened bottle. Probably the experience of lots of older and more expensive bottles...?
2008A powerful nose, with hints of peat mixed with some bitter chocolate announces a very nice second tasting. Obviously, Talisker remains one of the great successes of single malt industry.
In the palate, the chocolate disappears to make room for intense spiced smoky peat touches.
The finish is rather long. A very great bottle.
2004Pear, salt and sea overrun the nose, completed by nice spicy notes.
In the palate, the peat is mixed to sweet honey and nice salty and maritime notes. A nice complexity, sweet without any acidity.
The finish is interesting, and confirms the impression in the palate, with some smoke at the end.
2005Another beautifully malt from the Isles. Without the predominance of the smoke as Islay whisky use to be marked by, this whisky form the Isle of Skye has conserved the marine and peaty character. A great pleasure from the very first contact. The nose detects a marine freshness, and the palate confirms this. A great complexity of fragrances makes it an exceptional malt. The finish is too short.
2003Henrik Johansson
Date of tasting: 26/9 2007
Apperance: Rich amber, almost orange red.
Nose: Salty with nail polish remover and some burnt plants. Heavy and spicy scents, reminicent of an arabian market place. Some peat develops. Reduced nose lends some soapy scents in adition.
Body: Medium Palate: Huge palate. Warming spiciness, chilli fruits and sweet malt. A little smoke drifts past in a tounge crumpling middle to reveal a medium long, peppery finish with some herbal notes. Very warming.
2007Johannes_Sauer
C.: Bright Amber
N.: Very smooth, but intense malt first, cane sugar, later vanilla and ground black pepper, a fresh whiff of sea air follows.
P.: Strong peppery notes, chillies, lime peel, sea food and salmon, bitter green tea mixing very well with the very strong caribbean brown sugar and hefty cereal aromes giving the whole dram its overwhelming complexity.
F.: The hot peppers giving way to the sugar. This very complex and demanding trip ends very soft with a gentle finish
Conc.: A class of its own, a wonderful dram, considering it's a standard, which in my opinion has not changed very much in the last years. This is my very favorite dram to good food, especially with all kinds of steamed fish dishes I prefer Talisker to many white wines.
2009
