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The Islands group together the Scottish islands that aren’t Islay: Skye, Orkney, Mull, Jura and Arran, among others. Each island goes its own way, but many share a maritime character and, sometimes, a touch of smoke. Their flavour profiles let you see which are smokier and which are sweeter before you decide.
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Islands, Scotland
The emblematic whisky of the Isle of Skye. It combines moderate smoke with a marked maritime character and an explosion of black pepper that makes it unmistakable.
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Jura is an almost uninhabited island next to Islay, with a single distillery. The ten-year-old matures in bourbon casks and finishes its maturation in oloroso sherry casks, according to the brand.
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Jura’s twelve-year-old matures in bourbon casks and finishes its maturation in oloroso sherry casks, according to the brand.
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The twelve-year-old malt from Highland Park, in the Orkney Islands, known for its balance between sweetness and smoke.
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The smoothest and sweetest version of Talisker, with no age statement. It keeps the pepper and sea salt characteristic of the Isle of Skye, but with more fruit and more restrained smoke than the ten-year-old.
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A no-age-statement version of Talisker designed to bring out the wildest side of the Isle of Skye distillery.
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The Isle of Arran distillery opened in 1995 and its ten-year-old has become a benchmark of well-made young malt.
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One of the most awarded malts in Orkney. It matures for eighteen years mainly in sherry-seasoned oak casks, according to the brand, and combines the aromatic smoke of the island’s heather peat with honey, dried fruit, chocolate and spice.
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An annual Talisker edition finished in amoroso sherry casks, a sweet style of sherry, according to the brand.
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Ledaig is the smoky style of the Tobermory distillery, on the Isle of Mull. The ten-year-old is bottled at 46.3% without chill filtration and with natural colour, according to the brand.
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