End Date : Jun 25 2025 08:10 PM
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Talisker 18 Year Old. Bottled mid 2000s. 750ml. 45.8%. In presentation box.
An early edition of the wonderful Talisker 18-year-old, this is the original presentation of this iconic Island single malt whisky which ran with this label from 2004-2011 before being replaced with the Made By The Sea presentation.
The early versions of Talisker 18-year-old, which would have been assembled from whiskies distilled in the mid to late 1980s, were fantastic drams, packed with flavour at the distillery’s trademark 45.8% strength and amazingly good value for money on release. Talisker 18-year-old quickly became a victim of its own success and early batches were quickly exhausted.
Founded in 1830, Talisker’s medium-peated whisky perfectly expresses the rugged terrain of the distillery’s surroundings on the western Hebridean Isle of Skye, where it was the only legal distillery for many decades until the recent arrival of Torabhaig.
Talisker had been one of the stars of Scottish Malt Distillers’ portfolio for decades before the launch of the Classic Malts series in 1987 cemented the distillery’s popularity in the modern era. Early examples of Talisker’s single malt were bottled over a century ago by merchants including Berry Brothers and there were numerous official bottlings from around the 1940s onwards.
The old style Talisker's thrillingly savage spirit has been tamed this century, regrettably, but the extraordinary early cask strength Special Release Taliskers bottled between 2001-2010 still offer great value at auction.
Distillery bottlings are, as the name suggests, bottled by or for the distillery from which the whisky has originated and are thus often referred to as Official Bottlings or OBs. Distillery bottlings are generally more desirable for collectors and usually fetch higher prices at auction than independent bottlings. They are officially-endorsed versions of the whisky from a particular distillery and are therefore considered the truest expression of the distillery’s character.
This ideal of the distillery character is regarded so seriously by the distilleries and brand owners that casks of whisky that are considered to vary too far from the archetype are frequently sold on to whisky brokers and independent bottlers. When this happens, it is often with the proviso that the distillery’s name is not allowed to be used when the cask is bottled for fear of diminishing or damaging the distillery’s character and status.
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| £145.00 | 25th June 2025 | 07:58 PM | |
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