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3rd September 2013 |
Talisker 27 Year Old
 This
years Talisker expression is a 27 year
old bottling from refill American Oak
casks filled in 1985. Limited to 3,000
bottles and bottled at a cask strength
of 56.1% ABV. RRP £475.
Talisker 27 Year Old
1985 Tasting Notes
Producer's Tasting Notes:
Appearance:
Rich, clear amber with notes of antique
gold.
Nose:
Absolutely classic Talisker. First soft
and sweet, with shortcrust pastry and
rich warm dark chocolate. Next, after
the faintest mention of raspberry juice,
comes waft upon waft of warming, homely
smoke. Through this rises the buttery,
oaty aroma of home-made chocolate chip
cookies, offset by sharp mixed-berry jam
and ripe red apples. There are late top
notes of beeswax and polish on new shoes
fresh from the box. Water makes it all
sweetly smoky and liberates mysterious
volcanic fumes.
Body:
Medium. Oily.
Palate:
Cool, salty and sweet; then warming and
spicy, with notes of ginger and clove.
Growing rich and malty, with helpings of
plum pudding and fruitcake. Then
resin-rich, dense, fragrant pine-wood
smoke. Soft, smooth and bitter-sweet
with water, with gently pervasive smoke.
Finish:
Long and silky-smooth, with more of that
drying, unctuous and soft dark
chocolate, and chewy, with ripe plums.
Late warmth, cigar-box cedar and coal
smoke.
Summary:
Summary: A supreme Talisker; wonderfully
classic in style and as sophisticated as
its peers but with an extra ‘chilled’
self-assurance and even an edge of
darkness. A malt that lives life to the
full and doesn’t take itself too
seriously: it’s also ever-so-slightly
edgy, with suggestions of a volcanic
heritage.
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