Talisker 12-year-old

Log In

Sign Up

whisky page

Back to distillery list

Log in or Sign up to add this bottle to your collection

Browse whiskies

image by Leapfrog

Talisker 12-year-old

Category	Single Malt Whisky from
District	Isle of Skye
Bottler	Distillery Bottling
Bottling	Friends of the Classic Malts
Bottled	2007
Age	12 years old
Number of bottles	21,500
Strength	45.8 % Vol.
Bottle size	700 ml
Availability
Price	± € 52.00 \| £ 44.50 \| $ 67.20

Added: 14 Sep. 2007 7:23 pm

About

3236
views

403
whiskyid

11
notes

85.05
rating

5264
rank

Notes & Reviews

Redflash

posted 10 Apr. 2013

Bottle No. 9644

Redflash

posted 10 Apr. 2013

Bottle no. 9645

Furtia

posted 9 Dec. 2012

Furtia gave this whisky 81 points

Weighted rate

81

Nose - aroma

81

Initial taste

78

Body

84

Finish

81

Price

82

Presentation

83

alectron

posted 3 Jun. 2012

alectron gave this whisky 84 points

Color

Gin clear

Nose

maritime, fresh, salty, some sand, mushrooms, pepper, vanilla, cinnamon, slightly rotten wood, dry earth, (85)
Later: turns somewhat flat if given time, and a bit too much towards mushrooms after a while (83)

Taste

sweetness & light peat first of, then right away some salt, pepper, mineral/sand, caramel, drifting into wood spices (86/84)

Finish

sweet saltyness continues, spices lean towards cinnamon, more vanilla & caramel towards the end but feels a bit thin occasionally. (85/82)

Comments

Often with (finished) Taliser for me, they seem to show more facettes & depths when tried after other malts, on a fresh palette they always seem a bit flat/closed.

Remember - whisky scores and impressions are highly subjective and situational by nature - so don't go and buy whisky according to someone else's taste...

Junior

posted 21 Dec. 2011

Junior gave this whisky 81 points

Color

Burnished

Nose

some smokey, even grilled notes; dried fruit, sherry, and some damp notes

Taste

sweet at first, pepper, hints of bacon, fresh baked bread, bee-wax, well balanced peatiness

Finish

long, spicey (chilli as on the box), bit of peat, hints of oak

Comments

Place: @home

Collector57

posted 7 Sep. 2011

Color

Deep copper

Nose

This seems to have been finished in sherry from the nose. There's also a strange note that jars a little at first but I can't identify it. Otherwise the usual Talisker smoke/peat nose. There's a medicinal tang after a few minutes

Taste

Pepper first here, followed by the peat. The pepper is the dominant thing for me. No sherry here so I must have mistaken the nose .

Finish

Is long again, but not as long as the map label 10. Strong peat is back and so is the pepper but the peat is dominant.

Comments

Feusi

posted 5 Aug. 2011

Feusi gave this whisky 88 points

Sherry, a hint of peaty smoke and very fruity. Almost like a salty, smoky Cocnac, pleasantly sweet with tart notes. But for 12 years really great, isn`t it?

Timo

posted 12 Jun. 2011

Timo gave this whisky 73 points

Color

Burnished

Nose

Die Nase ist mittel. Rauchig, trofig, modrig, nach Seeluft.

Taste

Der Geschmack ist nicht so ganz komplex. Torfig, rauchig, salzig, malzig, wuerzig.

Finish

Der Abgang ist kurz. Torfig, salzig, mehr Rauch, pfeffrig.

Comments

Ein Talisker fuer dessen Existenz mir kein Grund einfaellt. Der 10 jaehrige ist definitiv besser. Obgleich das ist kein schlechter Single Malt.

slothmister

posted 15 Sep. 2008

slothmister gave this whisky 75 points

Yes.

75 points means a good interesting whisky but not a classic.

Bachess

posted 15 Sep. 2008

If it was a Glengoyne, would you score it 75 points anyway?

slothmister

posted 15 Sep. 2008

slothmister gave this whisky 75 points

A strange Talisker, not at all like any of the other Taliskers I have ever tried. There is a small amount of smoke, but it is more sweet than smokey. If it was a blind I would guess a Glengoyne.

Very interesting whisky and a good edition to any collection but not as good as the 10yo or the brilliant DE.

Rates

Overall rating

85.05

MM rate

87

Log in or Sign up to rate this whisky

Average review rating