Talisker - 2003
This bottling of the Talisker is part of the Distillers Edition of the Classic Malts of Scotland. In this series, the whiskeys are filled after the usual maturation for another six months in processing barrels in the Iberian Peninsula. The smoky, spicy and sometimes spicy character of the distillery is beautifully complemented by the maturing in an Amoroso sherry barrel with sweetness and complexity.
This bottling of the Talisker is part of the Distillers Edition of the Classic Malts of Scotland. In this series, the whiskeys are filled after the usual maturation for another six months in processing barrels in the Iberian Peninsula. The smoky, spicy and sometimes spicy character of the distillery is beautifully complemented by the maturing in an Amoroso sherry barrel with sweetness and complexity.
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| 9993 | |
| Talisker | |
| Scotland, Islands | |
| Single Malt Whisky | |
| 2003 | |
| 2014 | |
| 45.8% | |
| 0.7 l | |
| Original bottling | |
| Distillers Edition (Diageo) | |
| Bourbon | |
| Amoroso | |
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| Average tasting notes Tasting Notes |
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Nosing
Fruit:
Sherry:
Sweet:
Apple:
Oak:
Peat Smoke:
Spices:
Malt:
Vanilla:
Maritime Notes:
Nuts:
Salt:
Caramel:
Honey:
Oil:
Blackberry:
Chocolate:
Pear:
Pepper:
Seaweed:
Herb:
Bonfire Smoke:
Clove:
Grape:
Orange:
Raisin:
Zitrus:
Alcohol:
Banana:
Barley:
Berries:
Cherry:
Chili:
Cinnamon:
Coffee:
Dark Chocolate:
Dried Fruit:
Fig:
Ginger:
Grass:
Leather:
Lemon:
Medicinal Smoke:
Melon:
Tobacco:
Tropical Fruit:
Wheat:
Herbs:
Tasting
Oak:
Spices:
Fruit:
Sherry:
Sweet:
Malt:
Peat Smoke:
Pepper:
Chili:
Nuts:
Apple:
Dried Fruit:
Vanilla:
Oil:
Maritime Notes:
Date:
Herb:
Barley:
Chocolate:
Raisin:
Seaweed:
Zitrus:
Berries:
Dark Chocolate:
Lemon:
Salt:
Wheat:
Alcohol:
Bonfire Smoke:
Cinnamon:
Nutmeg:
Orange:
Clove:
Coffee:
Green Apple:
Hazelnut:
Heather:
Honey:
Iodine:
Leather:
Medicinal Smoke:
Pear:
Pineapple:
Tobacco:
Herbs:
Finish
Oak:
Spices:
Sweet:
Fruit:
Malt:
Peat Smoke:
Maritime Notes:
Herb:
Chocolate:
Dark Chocolate:
Salt:
Seaweed:
Sherry:
Nuts:
Oil:
Pepper:
Tobacco:
Vanilla:
Alcohol:
Apple:
Bonfire Smoke:
Caramel:
Cherry:
Chili:
Dried Fruit:
Ginger:
Heather:
Honey:
Leather:
Herbs:
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Quality rating of this bottle
312
12
Quality comparison of bottles
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All tasting notes
full and rich with apples and a bit of vanilla
The taste:
sweet with a lot of softness, some oak and malt
The finish:
Smooth and very long. A bit of oak.
Rating of article "Glenfiddich 18Y old design - 40% - 0.7l"
A remarkably rich aroma with ripe orchard fruit, baked apple and robust oak.
Taste:
Richly delivers luxurious dried fruit, candy peel and dates. Overlaid with elegant oak notes
Finish:
Warming, rewarding and distinguished.
Comment:
Rating of article "Glenfiddich 18Y old design - 40% - 0.7l"
Taste:
Finish:
Comment:
Rating of article "Glenfiddich 18Y old design - 40% - 0.7l"
Taste:
Finish:
Comment:
Fresh fruit, apple and mixed tropical. Sweet sherry, cinnamon rolls, vanilla and other spices. As you let it sit in the glass the fruitiness dies back and a dark toffee note comes up.
Taste:
Intense sweet arrival. Less of the intense fresh fruit from the nose and more dried fruits - apricot. Sherry, vanilla oakiness. Powerful flavours throughout.
Finish:
Finishes somewhat dryer, and long. Lingering fruitiness and oak.
Comment:
I picked this up as part of a tasting set and it was well worth the try. The nose in particular is outstanding, you can see the relation to the younger Glenfiddich releases but this is a different beast entirely. Unfortunately it comes with a price tag to match, though I can see why people would be willing to pay the extra. Really decent stuff.
Rating of article "Glenfiddich 18Y old design - 40% - 0.7l"
there is smokiness but it's ever so faint in the back. not super noteworthy.Taste:
on arrival, then 
and 
all the way through.Finish:
very solid and lasts.Comment: Very different and I enjoy this. Almost reminds of brandy, but a lot to unpack!
Rating of article "Glenfiddich 18Y old design - 40% - 0.7l"
Rating of article "Glenfiddich 18Y old design - 40% - 0.7l"
Taste:
Finish:
Comment: not better than any other 18 year old one. just normal but, except the baked apple nosing.
Rating of article "Glenfiddich 18Y old design - 40% - 0.7l"
Comment:
Rating of article "Glenfiddich 18Y old design - 40% - 0.7l"
