Talisker Port Ruighe Review

[@GracieLions]

'City'!!! 😂😂😂 The 'city' in Skye! LOL! You've never been to Skye, have you? I used to live in Portree. You can walk from one end of the village to the other in about 25 minutes. x

[@jasonc6952]

Hey Jason...great review! You have colored me intrigued my friend. I will try and get a tasting of this one before I purchase. The uniqueness you spoke of is what I like to find. Thanks and cheers!

[@JasonWhiskyWise]

Thank you and I hope you enjoy this when you get to try a sample. I would recommend Master of Malt for samples or even local bars as they should have this on the bars.

[@foodquig]

I would love this one if I could find it... I generally like Port finishes!

[@JasonWhiskyWise]

Its one not to be missed and hopefully you get to try it at a show up there.

[@sowlegwhiskyreview5501]

For the price this is a great peat and port combination! Nice review :)

[@JasonWhiskyWise]

Thank you very much!

[@whiskywings]

Tasted this in Milroy's... Absolutely loved it. Great review as always dude.

[@JasonWhiskyWise]

Thank you very much buddy, cant wait to have a dram at Milroys, let me know when your next down!

[@TripleBerg]

Madeira finish sounds Great. That’s what they use on the standard Penderyn release.

[@JasonWhiskyWise]

Yeah I cant wait to get to some of the Penderyn range at some point soon. If they do release one at Talisker I'm saying we started that shout here first! lol

[@foodquig]

I liked the Penderyn aged in Madeira... Good stuff!

[@marcocasati9969]

Nice

[@adamfalke8932]

Just bought two bottles at 30 pund each here in Denmark :)

[@sorinsrn5442]

Very good price, you did good.

[@adamfalke8932]

@@sorinsrn5442 Thanks :)

[@vrich3733]

👍👍👍

[@JasonWhiskyWise]

Thanks @vrich3733

[@GoranMarjan1]

I'm not usually a peaty-smoke lover,but the Port Ruighe is fantastic whisky. Love it. I love this balance of the smoke and the sweetness. An appropriate hit of smoke is balanced by the effects of the Port casks.

[@JasonWhiskyWise]

Its a great whisky and something I really enjoyed when tasting it, its a great combination of smoke and port character. Thanks for watching Goran!

[@TripleBerg]

£42 is a great price for this.

[@JasonWhiskyWise]

Its a fantastic price which I really respect about what they keep the price at.

[@Everest314]

I love Talisker and I love port finishes, but this one just wasn't quite right for me. I think it is going into a good direction, but I felt that it was clearly too young. On the other hand, I also felt that for whichever reason it had already lost a lot of that distinct Talisker character (the smoke, the chili catch, etc).

[@JasonWhiskyWise]

Its something they can experiment with and one thing i'd like to see is a Madeira Cask Finished plus I feel it also depends on the type of Port Cask they choose. It's definitely something for them to test out. Which is your favourite Port Finish?

[@Everest314]

My favourite is probably Ardmore 12 Port Finish ahead only by a wee margin of the Tomatin 14 Port Casks, it really depends on the day which one I would prefer. Both are among my absolute favourite whiskies.

[@JasonWhiskyWise]

I've just ordered a Tomatin 14 year as I've heard its really nice but haven't got round to trying it yet. My current two are the Balvenie 21 Portwood and the Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban. I need to work on the Tomatin range at some point once I have most of them to sit down with.

[@Everest314]

The price of the Balvenie is somewhat outisde of my comfort zone, but I may eventually get to it (if only a sample). The Quinta Ruban has been on my list for a long time, but it has always been surpassed in priority by other whiskies. One reason for that is my experience with it's siblings: For me the Nectar d'Or was interesting but not that great and the Lasanta good but rather unremarkable. I also recently caught an absolute killer bargain for a Cragganmore DE which is probably the next port finish that I will taste. Maybe the QR is next after that. :D

[@JasonWhiskyWise]

That sounds great in getting the Craggenmore as I've not seem much of it since it picked up an award 2 years back but its one I'm aiming to cover on the channel at some point as it has some great flavours.