Talisker 8 Year Old Diageo Special Release 2021 - 59.7% 70cl

Distilled in 2012, this eight-year-old Talisker  has been matured in heavily peated refill casks, before being bottles as part of Diageo's 2021 Special Release Whiskies. 

Strong and energetic in character; elemental in nature just as Highland and Island malts were in ‘the old days’ at this, the age when Talisker was traditionally bottled.

A straight and classic Talisker, this is a wonderfully clear sighted, powerfully fire-breathing sea-monster of a malt, with a direct and bold nature.

Nose: The mild nose-feel gives little hint of the furious spirit soon to emerge. The top notes are sweet and maritime, an early cereal hint of porridge oats rapidly giving way to more cleansing and maritime aromas that suggest briny seaweed, crystal salt and iodine, on a base of mountain smoke. 

Palate: A soft, oily texture and a big taste smoothly take control; almost perfumed at first yet salty and lightly sweet throughout, wonderfully peaty and smoky from the specially selected casks, this fiery sea monster has a full-on peppery catch to savour late on. 

Finish: Long, warming and persistent, finishing smoky, with lingering smoky malt in the aftertaste.