We visted Skye in 2009 and I drank the local whisky for the few days we were on the island. The jagged Talisker whisky was a good choice considering the terroir of Skye and the jagged Cuillin hills which over shadow the distillery. The 10 year old Talisker has a peaty and smokey nose. The taste has lots of spice, pepper, cinnanom and cloves and in the background there are some sweet malty notes. Smoke and peat dominate the finish with some bitter oak but I don't find any great complexity here, just lots of spice, pepper and smoke. I prefer the more subtle and rounded 18 year old. Back in the cask for you and call me in 8 years.
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