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Talisker 10 Year
Single Malt — Islands, Scotland
Reviewed
April 16, 2018 (edited April 29, 2018)
Price: $59.99 at Total Wine in Houston, Texas
Setting: Neat in a Glencairn, with a fat basset hound in my lap and the Terror on in the background.
Color: Dark amber
Nose: Inviting. Brine, peat, meat, medicine and cleaning product. I’d buy a candle that smelled like this.
Taste: Tasty. Brine, peat, cinnamon, melon, campfire smoke and meat.
Finish: Lingering and complex. Brine, smoke and oak that then builds to a cinnamon burn. Really pleasant.
Conclusion: Still as good as I remember. The nose, taste and finish are all solid – my only criticism is that the finish is perhaps a bit hot. The bottle claims that it was made by the sea, and that’s not just advertising – it tastes like one took a dunk in the ocean and swallowed a little seawater. Well worth the price, I’d gladly buy this again (and in fact, have done so). One of my favorite single malts.
90/100
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