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Talisker Storm has a more profound maritime smoky flavour, taking the intense maritime experience to a new level. Appearance Full Gold. Nose At first restrained yet spicy, with a hint of struck matches fresh clean and growing in complexity like a gathering storm to reveal a honeyed sweet maltiness with ripe red berry fruit. Eventually a little well integrated mellow smoke drifts across the scene as a wild sea turns up briny, fresh clean notes, and an oily explosion of pepper. Body Medium. Palate At first sweetly mellow and rich in the mouth then quickly very spicy and increasingly stormy as the Talisker heat comes through. It's as if the pure, tongue coating sweetness joins hands with a deep nutty smokiness to embrace those spicier notes. The flavour is elegantly drawn out with a good balance between sweetness, smoke and salt, which is all the more evident when a little water is added. Finish Clean and of medium length, warming, with a lasting, smooth aftertaste, in which late peaty burnt embers can be found.
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