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Colour: Slightly darker amber. (Colour added)
Nose: Typical Talisker. Clear smoke together with leather and tobacco. Ginger spice. But something seems different from the regular 10yo Yes, the typical Talisker seems to be hidden somewhere behind a softer combination of barley, dark chocolate and delicate caramel. All in all this nose is a little weaker compared to the regular and me being an great Talisker admirer am not quite sure if I do really like this nose. But, yes, after a short while a great and very balanced impression makes itself clear.
Taste: Very intense and rich. Here now the smooth barley and chocolate notes harmonize most beautifully with what I call “Typical Talisker”: Dried figs, dates, cigarette ash, very pleasant chilli notes, oriental spieces and smoked kippers.
Finish: A long and full crescendo fading into a burnt out chimney on a cold winter morn, poetically spoken.
Conc.: A great talisker but it is one point less because the people at Talisker cannot leave their fingers off of the flask with the colourings, even not for a special “friends” bottling. My eyes also like to enjoy the dram.
Tasting date: 2009 07 09
2009