I always ask people, what whisky would you take to a deserted island where you must only drink that only whisky for the rest of your life. My answer is always the same, it would be a whisky from one of my two favorite distilleries, Talisker or Glendronach. I love Talisker, i have had crazy vintage expressions from them, 50yo, 44yo, 41yo, 30, 27, 25, 18, everything that i find from them, if i can manage to get a dram, i will do my best to try it. Having said that, not many people know that Talisker had some years ago, some 25 year old releases, which were distillery exclusives, bottled at cask strength. This is the case of the Talisker natural cask strength 25yo distillery exclusive bottling of 2001, limited edition of only 6000 bottles. With a lovely 59.9%abv, this was distilled in 1975, 8 years before i was born, and it waited for me to find it at Craigellaiche Hotel in Speyside, where i stopped for lunch, and found it. On the palate, orange and maritime notes, bit in an incredible lovely way. It is an orange hard candy, one that i have only obtained in my childhood from a birthday piñata. It smells spectacular, but not complex at all. After a first sip, the aroma gave me vanilla and bbq sauce. On the palate, it is pure perfection. Sweet orange candy, salt, a tangerine heart; Fanta beverage. On the second sip, this is a monster dram; astringent and acid from the orange profile. Salt kicks in beautifully. Aftertaste is epic. Smoky, salty, sea water. It is super dry becuase of salty notes. It actually makes your lips go numb because of the powerful, delicious abv it has. Overall, i don't really know why i am deducting 3 points from this masterpiece. Actually, the nose is where it lost a couple points, and that was due to a lack of complexity; it was too straightforward despite how nice it felt. A truly amazing single malt, i could definitivelt take this one to my deserted island; my score for it is 97 over 100.