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Talisker 43 years Xpedition Oak

malty spicy
€3,995Scotland, Island, Single Malt

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Adventurer James Aiken sailed 3,264 miles across the Atlantic in 24 days. His boat, the Oaken Yarn, carried oak staves that later became casks. Talisker used ten of them to finish its oldest whisky ever released. The result is bright rather than heavy. Lemon and pineapple lift off the nose. Then orange peel and spice arrive. Wood closes it out, dry and slow. Only 1,830 bottles were filled, matching the year the MacAskill brothers founded Talisker on Skye. Each bottle carries a fragment of the staves that crossed the ocean.

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Talisker

Talisker is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery located on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It was founded in 1830 and is the oldest distillery on the island. The distillery is situated on the shores of Loch Harport, with views of the Cuillin mountain range. Talisker produces a range of single malt whiskies, including the Talisker 10 Year Old, Talisker Skye, Talisker Storm, and Talisker Port Ruighe. The whiskies are known for their distinctive smoky flavour, which comes from the peat used to smoke the barley during the malting process. The distillery uses traditional methods of whisky production, including floor malting, wooden washbacks, and copper pot stills. The water used in the production process comes from the nearby Cnoc nan Speireag (Hawk Hill) spring.

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About the Talisker 43 years Xpedition Oak

Talisker 43 years Xpedition Oak is a single malt Scotch whisky from the Isle of Skye. The distillery sits on the west coast of Scotland, in the Island region. This is the oldest whisky Talisker has ever released. It was drawn from ten casks at 49.7% ABV. Only 1,830 bottles exist, matching the year the distillery was built. Each one ships with a piece of oak that crossed the Atlantic. The MacAskill brothers founded the distillery in 1830, after rowing over from the Isle of Eigg. Their buildings still stand beside the water there, open to the sea air. For this bottling the story moved offshore again. Adventurer James Aiken loaded oak staves onto his boat, the Oaken Yarn. He sailed 3,264 miles from La Gomera to Antigua in 24 days. Salt spray seasoned the wood the whole way. Back in Scotland the staves were built into casks. The nose opens with fresh fruit: lemon, pineapple, grapefruit and a little mango. Nothing here feels like four decades in a cask. The palate turns firmer, with citrus, orange peel and warm spice. That spice keeps pace with the fruit rather than smothering it. Age shows late, in a finish of dry oak. The wood gets the last word, slow and gently drying. Sea salt sits underneath all of it. Talisker 43 years Xpedition Oak opened a series built from the distillery's oldest stocks. Ten casks went into it, and 1,830 bottles came out. The finishing wood carries 3,264 miles of ocean behind it. No other release from the distillery can claim that. Bottle number one was auctioned for Parley for the Oceans. The rest come with a fragment of the sailed staves. That fragment turns a rare old whisky into a record of a crossing.