• Nose: 22 Palate: 21 Finish: 21 Balance: 21 Total: 85
  • Nose: Maple-smoked bacon and apples
  • Palate: Vanilla and sea salt
  • Finish: Short, tingly and briny with a hint of vanilla
  • Balance: Pleasantly smooth, but a little flat
  • Type: Single Malt
  • Age: NAS
  • ABV: 48%
  • Distiller: Talisker (Diageo)
  • Where made: Carbost, Isle of Skye SCOTLAND
  • Region: Islands
  • Approximate Price: $104
  • Value: OK

I had planned to taste this Distillery Exclusive bottling as part of Saratoga Whiskey Club Tasting #40: Coastal Scotland. However, I missed the tasting on 11-September-2019; and I finally got to sample this in May 2020. Initially matured in refill oak, then heavily-charred American Oak hogsheads, and finished in old European Oak puncheons. Bottled in 2019. One of 6000 bottles. Photo courtesy of Charles Grabitzky.