Talisker 1988 Prima and Ultima 31 Year Old

For a long time, Talisker was the sole distillery on Scotland’s iconic Isle of Skye. Renowned for the quality of its output, the distillery has rarely changed hands, joining what has now become Diageo back in 1916. Despite this, releases were not the most common. An 8 year old was bottled officially and Gordon & MacPhail produced what are now classic and sought after vintage bottlings under official license from the distillery. When a 10 year old expression became a founding pillar of the classic malts range, the popularity of the distillery exploded, and it is now one of the most revered and exported in Scotland.

This was part of the inaugural Prima & Ultima range from Diageo, launched in 2020. Meaning "the first and last," the series featured eight whiskies selected by Dr Jim Beveridge OBE, with 238 complete sets made available.

Bottled in 2019, this 1988 vintage was drawn from six refill hogsheads.

One of 721 bottles.