Orange Peel

The Distillers Editions from Diageo are fairly popular. The appear approximately on a yearly basis and it always concerns a classic from their stables that is double matured. In this case a Talisker that got a second maturation on an Amoroso sherry cask. This Talisker was distilled in 2005 and released in 2015.

That results in a nose that offers chocolate, roasted nuts and a lot of orange liqueur on top of the classic Talisker traits: citrus, seaweeds and pepper. Some polished leather and a good dose of honey. Hint of walnuts. Sweeter than expected and simply marvelous.

The arrival is creamy and spicy with the peat and lots of brackish notes up front, followed by cloves, pepper and a some sniffing tobacco. Then the bittersweet oranges kick in. Honey and caramel. Eminently quaffable.

The finish is wonderfully long on pepper and candied orange peel.

Great Talisker (is there any other?) for a reasonable price.

These Talisker Distillers Editions always seem to deliver a steady quality whisky. The amoroso influence is really noticeable and ads complexity to the Talisker profile. Nice mixture of cherries, raspberries and sweet orange with chilipeper aromas next to seasalt and smoldering bonfire. Dangerously drinkable and comes at a nice price.

Fruity-sweet and maritime on the nose. Behind it light chocolate aromas.

Oily in the mouth, but peppery and intense. In addition, the aromas are reflected from the nose.

In the finish, the oak is added, which expresses itself in notes of dark chocolate. A certain fruitiness always remains in the foreground.
Length: 7/10

The smoke is wonderfully integrated and never plays itself in the foreground, great malt and is definitely bought later. Together with the Lagavulin the spearhead of the range, this one with the better PLV.

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