Talisker 10-year-old

Name: Talisker 10-year-old
Brand: Talisker
SKU: 74
Rating: 85.35 (1318 reviews)

Overall rating: 85.35/100
votes: 1318

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Talisker
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Stated Age: 10 years old
Strength: 45.8 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Barcode: 5000281005416
Added on: 07 Jul 2007 10:12 pm

Average value

€ 85.61

Found 4 online shops. Lowest price:

€ 66.93

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Whisky Reviews for Talisker 10-year-old

104 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 85.35 points

pdby scored this whisky 84 points
10 Mar 2019 8:42 am
Pleasant islander, comes very softly compared to NASs.

Nose

Smoky nuances, seaweed, hot spices, fresh sour citruses, salt, fragrant flowers.

Taste

Smoke, salted meat, peat, somewhere far away again citrus fruits.

Finish

A long, simple but pleasant crust of bread with salt, pepper, smoke.
Calmar scored this whisky 90 points
06 Jul 2018 1:43 pm
Wonderful whisky for its 10 years, with not so much variety of flavors and flavors creates the impression of deep, kaleidoscopic, multifaceted; excellent balance, excellent pitchnost, bright memorable character. (alas, the next version was weaker).

Nose

Amazingly refreshing resin, sea, a little smoke and ash, in the background something sour-fruity - everything is mixed like in a kaleidoscope, then one other tone comes to the fore - perfectly.

Taste

Explosion of spices, pepper, citrus notes, grapefruit, dried fruits, nuts. Slightly loses flavor.

Finish

Warm, peppery against the background of sweet and sour fruit and burnt sugar, long. A worthy continuation of the aroma in strength and balance.
HammerHead scored this whisky 70 points
28 Feb 2015 8:18 pm
I've had several drams out of two different bottlings the last 5 years which both had a very rancid sourness (like sauerkraut from a barrel) in the nose. Not so much present in taste and development but it totally ruins the overall experience for me. I will steer away from this for quite some time.

Nose

56 56

Taste

75 75

Finish

80 80
WhiskyLovingPianist did not rate this whisky
20 Nov 2014 9:51 pm

N: Talisker or Highland Park? Tastes like a combo of bourbon and sherry casks - and super active ones too so probably Talisker has the edge. Lots of sherried fruits, raisin in particular with a mineral, oily, earthiness in the bows that lurks around on the finish.
T: Rich, full, woody arrival. Chocolate and oaky sherry notes provide for a long and fruitful development which grows and grows….
F: …..chocolate, mineral, cardboard earthiness.
C: Fabulous standard expression, better than the HP12. Always makes me wish Bunnahabhain would follow Talisker’s cask management which provides a consistency in quality time and time again.

Scores a B
Magnus Hillman scored this whisky 86 points
22 Jul 2014 7:09 pm
Always interesting, complex and a damn good dram.

(Rating interval 84-87)

Nose

Peat smoke, maritime with sea salt and sea weed, shell fish and wet camp fire, citrus (lemon in particular) and dark bitter chocolate.

Taste

It's sweet on the palate with waves of smoky salt and pepper, malt and banana peel. There is some nice pepper mint to initiate the finish...

Finish

...which is long and lingering with peat smoke, pepper mint and sea salt. There is a distinct feeling of banana flavored cough drops (bafucin in Swedish).
Jimjam scored this whisky 85 points
27 Apr 2014 9:20 pm
A characterful one this - still, despite the fact that the bottle’s been open a while

Nose

Brine! Very coastal this. Peat smoke only second, actually quite subtle. Flowering gorse. Some candied peel notes. Pine trees by the beach

Taste

Sea-salty, soft smoke, light honey, but with depth of flavour

Finish

Rich seville orange marmalade, warming then fading to smoke
Magnus Hillman scored this whisky 86 points
30 Mar 2014 3:13 pm
This is definitely a good product. It might be chill-filtered and colored but Diageo have the knowledge of creating tasty whisky anyway, without doubts.

(Rating interval 85-87)

Nose

Marine, salt peat, white glue, black and white pepper corns, sweet vanilla and more peat.

Taste

A nice delivery of sweet peat, sea salt, burnt sugar, honey and slightly grassy. Very spicy with cracked black pepper that back up the overall marine impression. Does not feel as young on the palate as on the nose. It becomes sweeter with water.

Finish

The finish is long with peat, salty peat returning to the sides of the tongue with honey flavors without the sweetness. Almost like a cough tablet with honey flavor.
Roosty scored this whisky 90 points
07 Dec 2013 12:30 am
What to say ? For less than 40 euros, a single malt essential and unbeatable that never disappoints! A must have at home! Smoked and iodized profile very interesting, distilled to perfection, with fruity and sweet notes in the background. Without doubt the best "entry level" of the market.

Nose

Smoked, iodine notes very present (no kidding?). Excellent! Influence of the barrel, fruity notes in the background, but smoke and iodine dominate.

Taste

Powerful attack but not aggressive. Pepper, seaside, seaweed, salt water, pepper, light smoke, fruits, sugar, pepper, quite creamy. The percentage at 45.8% is perfect, neither too powerful nor weak.

Finish

Between medium and long. Salty, peppery, powerful, moderately smoky.
Auriverdes scored this whisky 82 points
28 Jun 2020 4:53 pm
Carlos scored this whisky 88 points
10 Apr 2020 12:14 pm
For me not a Whisky for beginners as it is a very intense one with character.

No comment on the colour as it's not a natural color. But in all fairness: Talisker only colours to maintain the same colour across the batches and not to mislead the customer.

Nose

88 88

Strong bonfire smoke, not as heavy as in p.e. young Laphroaigs but very present. Maritime, coastal, sweet and toasted clove in the background, black pepper. Some smell green olives and rosemary but I didn't get them.

Taste

89 89

Intense spices, citrus, intense chili catch, some caramel in the background, clove, getting stronger with every sip, salty and maritime.

Finish

86 86

The intense spices stay, chili catch mixed with the maritime and salty character, maybe some dry cinnamon, nutmeg, orange zest. Very powerful and again: might not be the best Whisky for beginners ;)

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