Produced at the oldest distillery on the Isle of Skye, Talisker Single Malt Scotch Whisky has been made by the sea since 1830, with its smell and taste instantly connecting you to its rugged maritime home. Every sip is a taste of the Isle of Skye itself, one of the most remote, windswept yet beautiful landscapes in Scotland. Talisker 10 Year Old, the stalwart of the Talisker family, is a powerful single malt whisky, with a sea-salty nose, spicy complexity, smoky sweet character and signature peppery finish: like a warm welcome from a wild sea. This single malt has a famously rich and powerful peat-smoke flavour, while the finish leaves you with a warm peppery taste at the back of the mouth.It is double distilled to create a rich, deep character embodying the maritime characteristics of a coastal whisky, and then aged for a minimum of 10 years in American oak casks. It is one of the most awarded single malt Scotch whiskies in the world including Double Gold medal winner at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition for four years in a row, including 2020. Talisker 10 Year Old makes a perfect present for adventurers who share the wild spirit of our founders, who rowed to the Isle of Skye in 1830 where Talisker has been distilled ever since.
APPEARANCE
Brilliant gold.
BODY
Full and rich.
NOSE
Powerful peat-smoke with just a hint of the sea-water salt of fresh oysters, with a citrus sweetness.
PALATE
A rich dried-fruit sweetness, clouds of smoke, strong barley-malt flavours, warming and intense. Peppery at the back of the mouth.
FINISH
Huge, long, warming and peppery in the finish with an appetizing sweetness
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Whisky Resource Note
Like all Diageo bottling, it is unknown whether this higher strength Talisker is chill filtered or has added colour as no mention is made on the website or other source. As such the value score has been calculated to reflect this at 85/100. However, for your info, if that whisky was to be natural it would achieve a value score of 93/100
