Isle of Skye Single Malt Diageo Special Release 30YO (((Bottled 2008)))
⏳ Drikkevindue
As a fully matured, ultra-premium aged single malt, this whisky is ready to be enjoyed immediately upon opening and will remain in peak condition for decades if stored properly.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Smoked salmon, mature blue cheese, dark chocolate
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Talisker's legendary 30 Year Old Special Release, bottled in 2008, represents a peak of maritime single malt craftsmanship from the Isle of Skye. Distilled in the late 1970s and matured for three decades in refill American and European oak casks, this rare cask-strength expression showcases how time can tame and transform Talisker's signature volcanic character. The distillery's traditional wooden worm tubs and unique five-still configuration impart a heavy, oily texture to the spirit, allowing it to withstand long maturation. Over thirty years in the damp, salt-sprayed warehouses of Carbost, the aggressive peat smoke and fiery black pepper of youth have softened into an elegant tapestry of beeswax, old leather, salted caramel, and subtle tropical fruit, all underpinned by a persistent, warming coastal brine.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Talisker blev grundlagt i 1830 af brødrene Hugh og Kenneth MacAskill ved de vindblæste bredder af Loch Harport i Carbost og er det ældste aktive destilleri på Isle of Skye. Destilleriet er berømt for sit unikke destillationsapparat med svanehalsede wash stills og traditionelle, udendørs worm tubs (kondenseringskar), som tilfører råspritten en karakteristisk maritim og vulkansk intensitet. Talisker er i dag en del af Diageos Classic Malts-portefølje og fastholder en kompromisløs dedikation til at skabe kraftfulde, røgede single malt skotske whiskyer. Destilleriets signaturstil er hyldet verden over for sit harmoniske samspil mellem kystnær salthed, fyldig tørverøg, dybde fra tørret frugt og en umiskendelig, krydret eftersmag af sort peber.