62,1°
Distillery : Bruichladdich - Islay
1st Fill American Whisky Casks and 1st Fill Pedro Ximénez Sherry Butts
Original Bottling
Limited Edition
Single Malt
Bottled in 2021
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Peated around 118,1 ppm
The third version of Octomore's 12th Batch was made from Concerto barley harvested in 2014 at Octomore Farm on Islay. The juice was then distilled in 2015 and aged 75% in American casks and 25% in Fernando de Castilla Pedro Ximénez Sherry casks. The number of bottles is not specified, which makes me think that there will probably be several editions.
Let's Taste It :
Fine pearls of iodine. Thick wisps of smoke. We're in the middle of a forest fire. Fruity hints of gooseberry, pomegranate, raspberry, blackberry and Haribo candy. In the background, charred and chalky peat, earthy and stony. Limestone. After a long time, the nose really takes off, with a pinch of salt. On the palate, it's really famous, with iodine, salt, it's like drinking seawater, but very good, slightly caramelised, then the spices come in, it's full-bodied and warm, paprika, chilli, pepper, cumin, ginger, mustard. A touch of liquorice. Cola, a little curl in the bubbles, and the typical Bruichladdich cereal touch. The finish wades through peat, soft earth, clay, quicksand, and always those lovely spices tingling on the tip of the tongue. Wine lees, fig, crushed strawberries. Rather long.
In Short,
For me, this is probably the best Octomore in Series .3. First of all it's an excellent one, the equivalent of which I can only find in the 6.3, and in addition the maturation in Pedro Ximénez casks, which is not at all invasive, gives the whisky more body and thickness. The first Octomore in the .3 series that I think I should have picked up several bottles of.
Score : 91
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Rammstein - Rammstein
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