As soon as you read "talisker" in the title of this review, you knew the score. Man, this was absolutely amazing. Its like "Talisker 10 meets Glendronach 18". I haven't even heard of amoroso wood cask before, it seems to be a type of fortified wine / sherry. Amoroso in spanish, my native tongue, means "a person who loves". I am very "amoroso" with this dram. Bottled at talisker's classic 45.8%abv, tawny color. On the nose, it is heaven. Wonderful peat, Sherry, figs, Marmalade blackberry, Mostly earthy; Not as peaty as other talisker, Salty And Plums. On the palate is... well, perfect. Glazed pork mixed with a Pepper bomb; Butterscoth, Citric, Gunpowder, Bonfire. Such a strange but wonderful combo. Aftertaste is eternal. Super smoky, Salty, Citric and Burnt meat. There are no easy parts here, this is a fight against an ufc fighter, no rest here, from the first second it just explodes in your palate. My score for it? 99 over 100. Amazing. Slainte. Go buy it now.
Talisker 2005 Distillers Edition (Bottled 2015)
About this bottle
The Distillers Edition is an annual limited edition series from Diageo featuring select single malt Scotch whisky distilleries in their portfolio. Each release is double matured (finished) in a selected cask. For Talisker, casks which held Amoroso sherry -- a rare type of sherry which blends oloroso with PX sherry -- are used. Distilled in 2005, this release was bottled in 2015 at 91.6 proof.
Reviews
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Get a nice smokey peat and candies walnuts on the nose but after a couple of sips the pallet comes off as smokey pork with a fruity glaze. The smoke continues in a long finish. It is a complex dram that you can spend time picking out new flavors or just enjoyed as it is.
Very smooth and unusually sweet smelling for a Talisker. It has way less peat than you expect from Talisker. You can tell that it was double matured in sherry casks.
2007 Nose - strong. Hay, seaweed Taste- smokey, sweet, Finish- weak
Kikås 2023-01-20 TD-S: 5HT Distilled 1992
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