Talisker 2005

Overall rating: 86.11/100
votes: 142

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Talisker
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: The Distillers Edition
Vintage: 2005
Bottled: 2015
Casktype: Double Matured in Amoroso Cask Wood
Strength: 45.8 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml 1000 ml
Bottle code: TD-S: 5RD
Barcode: 5000281013985
Added on: 09 Oct 2015 8:13 pm by Ramjet

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€ 57,30

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Whisky Reviews for Talisker 2005

27 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 86.11 points

markjedi1 scored this whisky 86 points
27 Mar 2017 5:58 pm

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.
Stef89 scored this whisky 86 points
07 Jul 2018 4:14 pm
- Nose
  
  86 86
- Taste
  
  87 87
- Finish
  
  84 84
Paszko scored this whisky 86 points
03 Jun 2018 9:49 pm
- Nose
  
  86 86
- Taste
  
  87 87
- Finish
  
  84 84
ChrisSym scored this whisky 85 points
11 Apr 2018 10:32 pm
Quite a very delicious and beautifully composed malt with a great sherry finish. Especially the nose and the taste show nice flavors. The departure, however, is somewhat powerless to me. Generally, you notice the 45.8% as good as not at all, but that would do good in some places.

Nose

The first impression is sweet, aromatic smoky (burned out campfire) and a hint of woody. There are over-ripe (almost fermented) strawberries and beautiful over-ripe bananas. Slightly grainy and a little rosehip. In between, a maritime saltiness rises quite easily in the nose. Bitter cocoa and fine raisin notes. Slightly chilling, the almost 45.8% you still notice as good as not. Some oak flavor.

Taste

Very tasty and very nice. Extremely creamy mouthfeel. First you taste a mix of smoked ham, nice subtle smoke, chocolate and cherry jam. Generally very sweet fruits. Fine and short pepperiness on the tip of the tongue. At the back, tender bittern notes become more present. Drying and mineral.

Finish

The finish is less intense and not nearly as long as expected. Sweetness shows up here as well, but bitter woody and light peat notes predominate, very dry with bitter almonds and dark cocoa.
alectron scored this whisky 83 points
28 Mar 2018 8:48 am

This was not quite what I am used to from a Talisker DE. Somewhat sharp/rough & finish had little complexity which did not improve over the course of 1-2 years.
mer1973 scored this whisky 87 points
30 Oct 2017 4:51 pm
- Nose
  
  86 86
- Taste
  
  87 87
- Finish
  
  88 88
EinSpatzUnterVielen scored this whisky 87 points
12 Aug 2017 12:14 pm
- Nose
  
  86 86
- Taste
  
  87 87
- Finish
  
  86 86
EinSpatzUnterVielen scored this whisky 87 points
09 Aug 2017 12:45 pm
I like him. First the great mango sweetness, then the sherry notes, the chili-catch and above all the charcoal smoke - beautiful composition.

Nose

maritime, clear and fresh, cucumber, smoke from charcoal fire, seaweed on the beach, lemon, orange, pepper, honey, chocolate, grapes

Taste

first really sweet, oily, creamy, mango, apricot, honey, then dark chocolate, lots of orange, raspberries, the smoke hits, chilli !!, roasted hazelnuts, algae, mocha

Finish

he was just here! Relatively short, except for the smoke - orange, mocha, smoke, chili, the smoke remains the longest ...
Goethe scored this whisky 89 points
09 Apr 2017 9:24 pm
The peppery-amoroso one "made by the sea"! This batch has in my opinion some PX notes compared with others side by side. Therefore there is a rich fruity component outdoing other batches.

Concerning price/performance ratio: 9/10

Nose

Sweet sherried smoke. Fruits, walnuts, dried fruits, vanilla, sherry (some PX association going on here), apples.

Taste

BBQ, pepper, chili, dark chocolate, sherry (like PX!). Great texture.

Finish

Long. Chili, dark chocolate, plums, salt.
Dyno scored this whisky 88 points
07 Apr 2017 1:37 pm
- Nose
  
  88 88
- Taste
  
  88 88
- Finish
  
  88 88

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