Talisker Expedition Oak Series - Glacial Edge Single Malt Scotch Whisky 45 Year Old
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This distillery’s first-ever release of a 45-year-old Single Malt Scotch whisky, aged for over four decades and then finished in ice-fractured casks. This is the finale to an adventurous series of wild-whisky experiments - the third and last of the Xpedition Oak Series, a collection of rare, high-aged Single Malt whiskies.
Twelve heavily charred American Oak casks were taken on a Glacial Voyage into Canadian ice fields and exposed to sub-zero temperatures and raw, biting Arctic winds. The increased surface area available for the whisky to interact with the wood, during the finishing period, enabled the whisky to travel deeper into the casks and obtain spicier & sweeter aromas from the American Oak ex Bourbon barrels, to unearths new, resilient depths of this distilleries character.
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Tasting Notes
Nose
Rich, dry and mellow, with a subtle peppery prickle. Maritime notes of seaweed and iodine mingle with glacial minerals—slaked lime and salt crystals. Beneath, dried fruits and creamy vanilla add sweetness and depth. Light smoke threads the background, with sandalwood. A drop of water releases almond toffee; the other aromas persist, joined by a hint of hemp rope.
Palate
The texture is wondrously oil-smooth and mouth-filling; the taste starts toffee-sweet then becomes mouth-wateringly salty and increasingly peppery; even at this age there is a striking intensity to it, and a fine chili ‘catch’. A dash of water integrates these tastes. An attractive saltiness to the toffee now suggests salted caramels, with slightly less pepper.
Finish
Very long, with aglorious chili pepper effectand a trace of candle-wax;this grows in the aftertaste,in which both saltiness andpepper also persist. Saltierif water is added, with less pepper and faint scented smoke.
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