Everybody knows by now that i just love Talisker. I have always said that if i ever have to live in a lonely island due to a shipwreck, if i had to choose which whisky i would take, there are only two options for me, Glendronach and Talisker. Having said that, a rather new, not very promoted expression of this amazing distillery has been recently released, and of course i had to taste it right away. "SURGE" is the name of this new Talisker, and i believe it belongs to the duty free expressions, to the same "collection" where previous releases are Skye, Storm and Dark Storm. Of course, it is bottled at the classic 45.8%abv. On the nose, super salty, incredibly maritime. Cocoa and dark chocolate. Raisins. It is like a salted chocolate. Pretty thing. On the palate the Dark chocolate became very "refined". Salt and ery maritime. Oysters and scallops. Aftertaste followed the same rythm, because lets tell the truth here, this is a very good profile for a whisky: Chocolate, smoke, sea salt. It has a wonderful smokiness and a sulphuric beauty. Overall, i might be biased because i really love this type of maritime single malts. I have loved almost every Talisker there is, and believe me, i have tasted A LOT of their expressions (i even had a 50yo once) (independent bottler though). Talisker surely played it safe here, but the thing is, that they can effortlessly create a whisky and chances are that it will be amazing no matter what. Great stuff, for a lovely price, my score for it is 96 over 100; scoring 24 points in each criteria. Sláinte!