1980s Talisker (Map Label) 10 year old

Colour: Gold. 

Nose:  Metal polish, shoe polish, coal smoke, damp grains and then – with patience – comes some green banana, mango and crystallised lemon peel. Still a very present coastal impression behind all that.

Mouth: Superb arrival. All on olive oils, tropical fruit juices, seawater, ink, green Chartreuse, boiled lime sweets, camphor, black pepper and copper coins. It’s heartening that this Talisker ‘salt n pepper’ aspect is already very vivid in this early batch. 

Finish: Good length, drying, grapefruit piths, smoked sea salt, oysters, green olives and hessian