Talisker 30 Year Old Bot.2012

  • Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  • Distillery Bottling

70cl / 45.8%

5 (2 Reviews)

Talisker 30 Year Old / Bot.2012

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The 2012 release of Talisker's consistently excellent 30 Year Old. Presented in orange livery (rather than the usual blue), this yielded 3,186 bottles at the distillery's traditional strength of 45.8%. Elegant and complex, this has the classic Talisker hallmarks of pepper and smoke, but in a softer and subtler way. Superb.

Tasting Notes (3)

Flavour Profile

Style

  • Body
  • Richness
  • Smoke
  • Sweetness

Character

  • Black Pepper Black Pepper
  • Marmalade Marmalade
  • Salt (powder) Salt (powder)
  • Smoke Smoke
  • Meat Meat
Facts

Facts

  • Bottler Icon

    Bottler

    Distillery Bottling

  • Age Icon

    Age

    30 Year Old

  • Bottling Date Icon

    Bottling Date

    2012

  • No of Bottles Icon

    No of Bottles

    3186

  • Country Icon

    Country

    Scotland

  • Region Icon

    Region

    Island

  • Colouring Icon

    Colouring

    Yes

Tasting Notes

Tasting Notes

  • Tasting Notes by the Whisky Exchange

    • Nose

      Coastal notes of sea spray and rock pools, gentle smoke, black pepper and bitter orange.

    • Palate

      Layers of complexity: marmalade, crushed black pepper, sweet fruit and spicy smoke.

    • Finish

      Long, with lingering smoke and fruit.

  • Producer's Notes

    • Nose

      Unreduced, unassertive at first. No nose prickle. Opens in a little while to reveal a grapey, red wine note, with faint smoke behind. Adding water softens things and adds a spicy maritime note, leaving just a pleasing clue as to what lies beyond. This is a whisky for the palate, not the nose.

    • Palate

      At bottled strength, a lively yet mature delight, like the favourite uncle you don't get to see often enough. Immediately sweet, peppery and hot, with just the right amount of balancing bitterness and salt, and no rough edges. The sweetness spreads right across the palate. Medium bodied. Drinks beautifully straight. Adding water (just a splash) gives a softer, still sweet start, with waves of warmth riding this tide then subsiding slowly across the palate. Talisker’s trademark chilli catch may be long gone, but the rounded pepper in this expression compensates with a doctor’s bedside manner; it is smooth and assured. Delicious.

  • Tasting Notes by Stuart P

    • Nose

      Distinctly Talisker, but elegant and beguiling. Maritime saltiness, a touch of cured meat, bitter oranges, a pleasant whiff of smoke and a subdued pepperiness.

    • Palate

      Plenty of clean salinity at first – this is a lip-smacking whisky! Then come added layers of complexity, with Seville-orange marmalade, crushed black pepper, a slight meatiness and evocative smoke. Rich but refreshing.

    • Finish

      The soft smoke and elegant fruitiness linger for a very long time.

    • Comment

      What is fascinating about this dram is how different it is from younger examples, but that it has so much in common with the 10 and 18 Year Old. The trademark Talisker note of pepper and smoke is there, but everything is softer, mellower, more drawn out. A fascinating whisky, and one that rewards you the longer you contemplate it.

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Customer Reviews

Reviews (2)

Reviews

  • 5

    Nicole,

    Smooth and full bodied. I have never tasted anything like it. It's definitely a bottle that's worth hanging on to.

  • 5

    Anonymous,

    Awesome

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