Talisker 30 years old, 2013 Release / 45.8%/ 0.7l

Talisker Distillery is based on the Isle of Skye, the largest and most northerly of the Inner Hebrides.

This is a medium-sized distillery, equipped with five stills, which can produce about 3 million liters of distillate per year. In the last decade, sales of the local single malt have increased by several hundred percent, to exceed the threshold of 3 million bottles in 2019, thanks in part to aggressive marketing by Diageo. Talisker 30 years old debuted in 2006 and has experienced annual limited editions since then. In 2013, only 3,738 bottles of this extraordinary drink were sold.

Nose : subtly smoky, salt and pepper, orange peel, baked apples, nectarines, brown sugar, honey, caramel, notes of wax and furniture polish, tobacco and leather.

Palate: sea salt and pepper, peaches, apples, orange peel, roasted nuts, marzipan, licorice, lapsang souchong tea, mixed dried herbs, oak and mineral notes.

Finish: long and soft, with notes of white pepper, orange, lemon, hazelnuts, a trace of iodine and peat smoke.