Octomore 2013 10.1 Diàlogos 5 yo

 

 

 

59,8°

Distillery : Bruichladdich - Islay

1st Fill Bourbon Casks

Original Bottling 

Limited Edition 

Single Malt 

Bottled in 2019

Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength

Peated around 107 ppm

 

 

 

The first version of the 10th batch of the Octomore series has been matured in American casks from Jim Beam, Jack Daniel's, Buffalo Trace and Sky Hill. This is a limited edition of 42,000 bottles.

 

 

 

Let's Taste It : 

Marsh peat, white fruits, charcoal, very delicate vanilla, fresh mint. Mud, reeds, bamboo, eucalyptus. Cane sugar. Cut grass. Very balanced. White plums, mirabelles, crushed vanilla pods. Mustard seeds. Intense on the palate, very oily, argan nuts, sweet olives. Liquid honey, watercress, knob of butter. Shaking spices, cloves, black pepper, nutmeg. Quite violent finish, resonating in the mouth, fresh. Sage, zucchini flower, aniseed. Very full, quite vegetal.

In Short, 

It's very good, and superbly balanced, which is quite surprising. However, although the experience was very interesting, I find that the value for money is not there.

Score : 88 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                           To Be Listened While Sipping :

  

                                           Black Sabbath - War Pigs