Our inaugural release and the first release in The Legacy Series. 2017 is named after the year our distillery first opened and spirit first flowed from the stills. It is a whisky that lets the spirit shine and places great importance on the distillation process, with just Concerto malted barley being used and the spirit being aged solely in first-fill bourbon barrels. The whisky is between 3 and 4 years old and shows great promise that belies its age.
“A new star is born. Talisker … you’ve got serious competition. If you manage to get a bottle, for Christ’s sake open it.” Dave Broom, thewhiskymanual.uk
Malt
Concerto
Yeast
Pinnacle MG+
Maturation
First fill bourbon barrels
Spirit Phenols
55-60ppm
Whisky Phenols
16ppm
Bottling Strength
46%
Chill-filtration
None
Colouring
None
Tasting Note by The Chaps at Master of Malt
Nose: Whispers of coastal peat pass through vanilla and a rich, warming apple note, like the inside of a freshly baked crumble. There’s also wet oak, limestone, mineral salts, seaweed, cockle brine, dried grass and a slight vegetal element among a very pleasant note of sherbet lemons. Underneath there are touches of toasted almond, darker fruits, sugary latte, white pepper and toffee.
Palate: The peat is more pronounced here and has an ashy profile with a touch of iodine. More briny sweetness and orchard fruit (apples and pears mostly) are present too, as well as notes of tinned apricots, wild herbs, fennel, brown bread with salted butter, shellfish doused in lemon juice and freshly cracked black pepper. Throughout there are some light floral and medicinal elements, while the cask adds flavours of vanilla, banana and roasted nuts.
Finish: The finish is lightly charred with wood smoke and has plenty of that salty, seaside charm (cockle brine, rock pools etc.) There’s also browning apples, eucalyptus, a little chewy liquorice and dark fruit.