Palate: Fruits, Vanilla and Dark Cocoa chocolate. Some more smoke but not as strong as it is on the nose. You can spend years waiting for a new release in Talisker's core range then two come along at once! Hot on the heels of Talisker Storm in early 2013 comes Talisker's Port Ruighe, pronounced 'Port Ree'.

I like Talisker. I like it a lot. And, uncharacteristically, I’ve not been totally against releases where they mess with that pure Talisker goodness with wine casks and whatnot. The Distillers Editions from Diageo typically take the big-budget action heroes of the Diageo lineup and then proceed to drown them in sweet wine. Sometimes this works. Sometimes not so much. Here, they take the standard Talisker (aged in ex-bourbon barrels) and finish it in amoroso sherry casks for somewhere around a year. My bottle was distilled in 2002 and bottled in 2013, which means (even without a big number on the front label) that it’s at least 10 years old.Talisker Bottler Distillery Bottling Bottling serie The Distillers Edition Vintage 2006 Bottled 2016 Casktype Double Matured in Amoroso Sherry Wood Casknumber TD-S: 5SE Strength 45.8 % Vol. Size 700 ml 750 ml Barcode 5000281013985 Added on 25 sep 2016 7:29 pm by cs Our Service is an online platform which provides Members with information (e.g. bottle facts, market-indices, market values and prices) on (mostly) whisky and allows Members to add information to the platform. We do not sell, nor does the Service provide any option to buy, any alcoholic products. Nose: It smells of sweet peat. The nose is a combination of caramel, petrichor, and a faint smoke like a distant campfire. Delicious, appetisingly dry and fully mature. This beautifully orchestrated variation of Talisker has a lingering finish which cannot outstay its welcome. Cragganmore double-matured in ex-bodega Port cask wood for succulence and rounded depth of flavour to enhance the complex smoky aromas and tastes of the beloved Cragganmore 12 Year Old

Talisker Bottler Distillery Bottling Bottled 23.11.2022 Casktype Amoroso Seasoned American Oak Strength 45.8 % Vol. Size 700 ml 750 ml Bottle code L2327CM009 Barcode 5000281072128 Added on 09 nov 2022 10:25 pm by SingleMaltSavant Talisker 11 yo 'The Lustrous Creature of the Depths' (55.1%, OB, Special Releases 2022, Elusive Expressions) - 051022North is perhaps amongst Talisker’s most appropriately named outings. Not only is the release bottled ay 57% alcohol by volume, but the Talisker distillery itself is located on the globe at 57° 17′ .9 N latitude. Talisker describes the bottling as a “Special Strength,” not to be confused with cask strength offerings. Talisker 12 yo (45.8%, OB for Friends of Classic Malts, European Oak, 21500 bottles, 2007) - 121012

It's a Talisker 10 with a sweet layer that mutes the peat and pepper a bit. It's much better than I remember the distillery edition from 2015, contrary to that edition the sweetness provided by the Amoroso sherry casks is well integrated now. This one scores a solid 88, the old one 86 points. The DEs (or least the only ones I’ve ever paid attention to, the Talisker and the Lagavulin) both have creation myths of being pretty much the standard bottle (so the 10 or the 16, respectively) with an extra ~1 year of age.This year’s collection crosses four main distilling regions: Speyside, Islay, Highlands, and Lowlands. Only Campbeltown is missing. The distilleries include: Lagavulin (Islay), Talisker (Islay: Isle of Skye), Cragganmore (Speyside), Oban (Western Highland), Dalwhinnie (Highland), and Glenkinchie (Lowland). So they’re kinda like the Laphroaig Cairdeas 2015, where’s there a well-accepted account of the age that, nonetheless, is NOT on the label. Talisker 5 yo 2008/2013 (58.2%, The Speakeasy, K&L Wine Merchants, USA, refill hogshead, 345 bottles) - 120414