Talisker 2011 HL

Name: Talisker 2011 HL
Brand: Talisker
SKU: 113497
Rating: 88.04 (84 reviews)

Overall rating: 88.04/100
votes: 84

Whiskybase ID: WB113497
Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Talisker
Bottler: Hunter Laing (HL)
Bottling serie: The Old Malt Cask
Vintage: 2011
Bottled: 04.2018
Stated Age: 06 years old
Casktype: Oloroso Sherry Butt Finish
Casknumber: HL 14942
Number of bottles: 583
Strength: 57.0 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Bottled for: Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft Bremen
Market: Germany
Added on: 15 Jun 2018 11:12 am by SIEBERTS WHISKYWELT

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Whisky Reviews for Talisker 2011 HL

19 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 88.04 points

whiskyinstitut scored this whisky 90 points
03 Jul 2018 11:25 pm
Boahr delicious and above all wonderfully ripe. You do not feel the 6 years at all. You do not need to have any reservations at all.

Nose

Delightfully maritime and salty, subtle sherry aromas, oranges, a bit of chocolate, the smoke is gradually getting pretty dirty

Taste

Very chocolaty and strong onset, still very creamy, then comes the Talisker pepper and clings beautifully

Finish

Peppery at the beginning, to very delicious oak spice mixed with a light smoke, the salty and maritime notes are here again, in the end, especially the chocolate is long on the palate
didi1893 scored this whisky 88 points
19 Dec 2020 5:15 pm
Creamy and wonderfully balanced. This filling whets the appetite for more, not a complicated high-flyer, but extremely tasty and drinkable! Tastes and pleases!

22/22/22/22 (88P)

Nose

Slightly reddish amber shimmers in the glass, on the glass wall of my Premium Snifter long and oily "legs" draw their endless paths back into the glass. Smoky malt accompanied by sweet red fruit, followed by dark fermented grapes and berries, slightly mineral and floral. Salty with maritime influences, minimally earthy and dirty, re-fermented and dried grapes and berries, creamy with milk chocolate and a hint of toffee. From the fruity smoky note, a certain youthfulness and immaturity crystallizes out from time to time, which is however loosely overplayed with the fruity and maritime character.

Taste

Mild, fruity and extremely sweet, the first sip pours over the tongue. Pepper and chilli dissolve immediately from the sweet fruit note, the pleasant spiciness envelops the tongue at the same time and stimulates the flow of saliva. Toffee, milk chocolate, hazelnuts, citrus fruits, salt and spicy wood tones, in the background there is a wonderful malty note of smoke.

Finish

The malt flows warmly down the throat, dark yellow fruit sticks to the palate with citrus fruits and warm smoke, milk chocolate and maritime influences play with each other and end with a pleasant sharpness on the tongue.
Archer scored this whisky 87 points
15 Dec 2020 8:14 pm
The taste closeness to the Kilkerran HP suggests that it is quite young. NAS, otherwise 5 years. Bourbon / sherry mix. A distillery from the islands ...

Nose

87 87

Oha: warm caramel candy meets pepper bites. It has a note that reminds me of the Kilkerran Heavily Peated Batch 3 that I still had in the glass for those days. Maritime, salty, demanding in a positive sense. Warm vanilla pudding, malt, toffee.

Taste

86 86

Hits the tongue with a thump and unloads a crucible of warm caramel candy mass, seasoned with pepper, clove powder and cinnamon. Warm tin roof, maritime notes, some smoke. Dry wood with algae residues.

Finish

86 86

Short and crisp, although it still leaves a dry smokiness behind. But here you can tell that he is supposed to be young, because he doesn’t stay that long, has to move on quickly. But it doesn't matter and doesn't make it worse, because the brief impression it leaves on the finish is a good one. 86
Cubey666 scored this whisky 83 points
01 Oct 2021 11:03 am
peppery, seaweed, honey, salty, sour like a lemon peel, hot.
with water it becomes more balanced but it's still rather young and unforgiving in my opinion

Nose

84 84

Taste

83 83

Finish

82 82
Don Cassi scored this whisky 86 points
08 Jul 2021 3:22 pm

The nose strongly reminds me of young lagavulins: sweet, creamy banana and vanilla, only the smoke is not as present as the version by Islay, with a slightly maritime touch and a dash of lime.

Surprisingly mild in the mouth, you don't even notice the alcohol, plus sweet and sour and slightly ashy and intense.

The finish starts with a surge of ash and spray, which are replaced by pears and aromatic oak.
Length: 6/10

It's amazing what has been pulled out of the barrel here after 6 years. The alcohol is perfectly integrated and literally pushes the aromas into your nose and tongue. For the young age, the oak is already clearly present and rounds off the overall picture. Blindly, however, I would have guessed a Lagavulin immediately.

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Dottore scored this whisky 89 points
15 Dec 2020 3:20 pm

UA Talisker are rather rare, quite expensive but often very good. This one is only 6 years old and was finished in an Oloroso Sherry Butt. Which OA can you compare this with? perhaps the closest to 57 ° North, which will probably be of a similar age. Very maritime on the nose: iodine, algae, salt, light smoke. With vanilla, caramel, orange jam and cinnamon buns. Very slightly "dirty" like car tires. Strong in the mouth, but still drinkable absolutely undiluted. Quite sweet with a lively herbal note, reminiscent of the good old Ricolaguttis. There is also a green apple with a caramel glaze. Light smoke that is bitter and slightly dirty in the finish. Now light espresso notes paired with iodine and salty caramel. I like it really, really well. Wild, impetuous but with a great composition of aromas. The sherry finish has added great flavors that are not really classic “Oloroso”, but that shouldn't necessarily be mentioned negatively. 89 points
EILACOBESA scored this whisky 87 points
29 Nov 2020 4:44 pm
Nose

88 88

Taste

87 87

Finish

85 85
Mark-E scored this whisky 88 points
25 Nov 2020 10:34 pm
Nose

88 88

Taste

89 89

Finish

87 87
AnnEm scored this whisky 85 points
15 May 2020 8:04 am
A definitely high quality whisky, but it doesn't quite meet my personal taste. The nose is great for me, but in the mouth it is too sour for me.
Compared to the 57 ° North, it looks denser and more concentrated, but also angular - in a positive sense. The sherry forms a beautiful base as a supporting character in the background.

Nose

88 88

Great nose.

Creamy-vanilla, very fine. Salty sea breeze, algae. Caramel. Slightly peaty. Over time, the oak comes out. Looks youthful, which suits him well. Americans with icing, cinnamon. Super melt (from the sherry barrel?). Walnut.
In the second nose I still have star fruit and kumquat - slightly sour fruit.

Taste

84 84

First, gently and smoothly at the start. Then builds up, becomes tart, peaty, salty-seay. Herbal and fresh - sour with freshly squeezed lemon juice. Ginger seasoning. I also hear engine oil.

Finish

82 82

Citric acid, generally a rather bitter impression. Chlorophyll, something herbal. Extremely "sea sour". Then it gets very dry at the back.
Ed Radour scored this whisky 89 points
27 Oct 2019 2:28 am
Nose

89 89

Taste

88 88

Finish

89 89

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