Talisker Scotch Single Malt 10 Year 750ml

Pouring a vivid burnt orange peel in the glass these nose is equally suggestive of singed citrus, sea salt, burnt drift wood, toasted black cavendish tobacco, and drying kelp. The palate has a lovely melody of sweet, ripe stone fruit, with delish seasoned smoke game hen accented by citrus oil and rosemary. spiced and smooth on the finish. (Finalist) (Tried & True) - 2022 ULTIMATE SPIRITS CHALLENGE

Golden amber color. Interesting aromas of whole wheat scone, grape bubblegum, latex, dried apricot, and whoppers candies with a velvety, vibrant, dryish medium-to-full body and a peppery, nuanced, medium-long buckwheat pancakes and Greek yogurt with honey finish. A mighty whisky with a pleasingly dry palate.

Another that should need no introduction. The thing to look for in Talisker, as with all smoky whiskies, is sweetness that gives the requisite balance to the drying effect of smoke. Underneath Talisker's smoke, which ain't as all-pervading as Lagavulin, is a sweet pear-like quality. When young there are notes of the land: heather, moor, sweet seaweed, and a finish that has a distinctive cracked black pepper hit. - Fall 2005

Taste: Strong smoke, barley-malt taste and rich, dried-fruit sweetness. Finish: Huge, long, warming and peppery in the finish with an appetizing sweetness.