Talisker 18 Year Old Scotch Whisky

Taste:

in briefAn exuberant whisky that delivers Taliskers full-onmaritime attack with elemental power and confidence.

in a sentence An intensely dark, smoky, more brooding Talisker withswirling notes of wood, brine and spice that puts you rightat the heart of a storm at sea.

Nose:

Powerful, fresh-clean and growing in complexitylike a gathering storm to reveal a sweet maltiness with ripe red berry fruit. Eventually well integrated mellowsmoke drifts across the scene as a wild sea turns upbriny, fresh clean notes, and an oily explosion of pepper.

Palate:

At first mellow and rich in the mouth then quicklyvery spicy and increasingly stormy as the Talisker heatcomes through. Its as if the pure, tongue-coatingsweetness joins hands with a deep nutty smokiness toembrace those spicier notes. The flavour is elegantlydrawn out with a good balance between sweetness,smoke and salt, which is all the more evident when a littlewater is added.