Talisker 28 Years Old

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 23 by Martine Nouet and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Martine Nouet Nose By the shore undoubtedly. Fishing net. Seaweed bonfire. Tangerine. Vanilla. Palate Robust. Neat and open. Malty. Peaty. A lot to tell. Finish Pepper breaks through a veil of smoke. Totally Talisker. Comment More medicinal than other versions. If matched with oysters, add barbecued sausages as the French do in Marennes-Oléron.

Dave Broom Nose Fragrant, slow developing, complex nose: heather blossom, malt toast, hearth. Scented and slightly herbal: elegant and powerful at the same time. Palate Excellent texture and mouthfeel mixing rich oily malt with gentle fruit and all-embracing peat smoke. It has an elegant muscularity. Finish Long, smoky. Comment Amazingly little wood impact for a whisky of this age. Not the most robust Talisker but a cracker nonetheless.