Talisker Storm
Review by Talisker
- Colour
Full gold.
- Nose
Powerful, fresh-clean and growing in complexity like a gathering storm to reveal a sweet maltiness with ripe red berry fruit. Eventually well integrated mellow smoke drifts across the scene as a wild sea turns up briny, fresh clean notes, and an oily explosion of pepper.
- Palate
At first mellow and rich in the mouth then quickly very spicy and increasingly stormy as the Talisker heat comes through. Its as if the pure, tongue-coating sweetness joins hands with a deep nutty smokiness to embrace those spicier notes. The flavour is elegantly drawn out with a good balance between sweetness, smoke and salt, which is all the more evident when a little water is added.
- Finish
Drier and of medium-length, with a lasting, smooth aftertaste, in which light peaty burnt embers can be found.