A seriously good showing from Talisker, a distillery that despite much criticism for its many NAS offerings has a reputation to uphold. If anything, this rather cheap (it really is!) single malt lifts that reputation even higher.
This Talisker is a ballsy release, as it is both very young, and it has matured in refill cask. And that's surprising, considering that most young whisky released nowadays is very much wood forward.
Modern versions of the Talisker 25 Years Old are bottled at 45,8 percent, but this 2006 edition is from a time when they were still released at cask strength.
It has been waiting in my sample drawer for years, but now it is finally time to find out what this richly sherried Talisker from Gordon & MacPhail is all about.
The Talisker 10 Years Old has a lot of fans, but whenever this whisky is discussed, the main topic is its declining quality. Is that something you'd agree with?