Talisker Natural Cask Strength Single Malt Scotch Whisky 25 Year Old · 1979 Vintage

Colour

Deep burnished amber with coppery highlights and a mahogany-tinged core.

Nose

Intense maritime aromatics rise: sea spray, iodine, and salt-worn kelp, threaded with peat smoke. Beneath, sherry-tinged sweetness—dark fruit, fig, and raisin—melds with vanilla and toasted oak, while a mineral, saline edge lingers.

Palate

Bold and expansive on the palate, this Talisker delivers sea-salt smoke, peppery heat, and gritty peat that linger with maritime brine. Dried fruit and treacle mingle with sherry sweetness as dark chocolate and oak spice add depth. Full-bodied and warming, the high-proof extract coats the mouth, yielding a long mineral finish of smoke, citrus zest, and savory embers.

Finish

An expansive, long finish of coastal peat and sea-salt, warming with peppery spice and a whisper of iodine. Sherry-inflected sweetness lingers—dark fruits, dried orange, cocoa—scrubbed by char and oak. The smoke stays with you, drying to a resinous, maritime fade that invites another, contemplative sip.