Talisker 10 Years Old

Made by the Sea

700ml / 45.8%

Single Malt

$58

This Talisker, a 10 year old, from the distillery, at 45.8%. A maritime Skye malt, with a smoky, briny chilli kick. Smoky, briny and well aged. Skye’s oldest, most famous distillery. Oily, bold and warming. Skye’s most famous whisky. A coastal Island single malt. The chilli catch of Talisker. Smoke over a salty, oily body.

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SKU TSK020 Categories Islands, Scottish Whisky, Talisker, Whiskey Brand: Talisker

Description

An official Talisker single malt matured to 10 year old and bottled at 45.8%. Set by Loch Harport, beneath the Cuillin hills, Talisker has distilled since 1830. The tall wash stills carry U shaped lyne arms with purifier pipes, and the spirit runs into worm tubs.

It was drawn off stills whose looped lyne arms and worm tubs build a rich, oily spirit, from peated malt, for a smoky, coastal spirit with a chilli kick. Ex-Bourbon casks held the spirit, soft oak that lets the peat and pepper lead. Still young, the malt is smoky and peppery with a coastal punch. Coastal warehousing gives the malt its mineral, sea spray lift. The signature is a black pepper kick, the so called chilli catch, over maritime smoke. Founded by the MacAskill brothers in 1830, it is Skye's oldest distillery. The worm tubs build the full, oily body that carries the smoke and pepper. For most of its life Talisker stood alone on Skye, until Torabhaig opened in 2017.

At an easy 45.8% it is gentle and briny. A maritime smoke with a peppery bite sit over a gentle vanilla under the smoke. A maritime salt and a chilli warmth give it real punch. A long, warming, peppery finish lingers. This is the maritime malt made by the sea on Skye.