Talisker 25 Year

Toasted, caramelized citrus,light smoke, light burnt rubber/iodine on the nose Dark fruit, nice barrel char, wet earth, butter and oil, dark warm peat on the palate Very robust almost cigar tobacco finish and honey

Slight smoky and rich (we tasted the 10 year)

Ok I'm doing something I very very rarely do (in fact I'm pretty sure I could count on 2 fingers the number of times and one was a mistake)...and that is post a separate review. Generally I might tweak up and down a bit but when there is a quantum leap up or down where I don't think it's just my taste buds then a new rating arises. Yonks ago I had a quite poor version of this in fact my worst ever Talisker which given the amount I've drunk of the distilleries offerings is saying something! This is a different beast all together. Very nice creamy peaty vanilla..beautiful blend. Definitely 4.25 territory...the prior version was over wooded from memory. Redemption! Although saying that I'd rate this a 3 way joint 2nd with the Neist and Rouge and behind the 8 yr Special Release. Oh and this was the 45% version.

Interesting flavor profile, super smooth. You can smell the seaweed.