Nose: sea breeze, damp smoke, wet wood from shipwreck, smoked meat, fruit sweetness (pear?), citrus. Palate: intense, peppery spiciness followed by peat and smoke and sea salt after. Sweetness of burned oak. More pepper. Black/white pepper. Finish: long, salty, same burned sweet oak aftertaste (bourbon cask influence), spices. Pepper again. I love spiced/hot food and have no problem with all sorts of peppers - but in Talisker I can feel a LOT of pepper. It's not bad, it's just there and you know it I can't recommend this whiskey to someone who are absolutely new to peated (or Isla) types of whiskey. Especially on the palate side. This one you may say for "advance users only". It's not soft, it's brutal, it's mature. Like old seaman at Norwegian fishing vessel. I'm still young myself (whiskey-wise) to fully appreciate it. I love Isla and Peat. And I love Talisker 10. It's not so heavily peated as Laphroaig, Lagavulin and Ardbeg, it's not Isla whiskey after all... Ps: I wish it wasn't colored. Talisker doesn't need it.