57,3°
Distillery : Bruichladdich - Islay
1st Filled Bourbon and Grenache Blanc Casks
Original Bottling
Limited Edition
Single Malt
Bottled in 2016
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Peated around 167 ppm
Every two years, a new edition of the Octomore Ten Years is launched. This second edition came out in 2016. It is partially aged in barrels of white grenache, a dry white wine from the province of Barcelona in Spain. 18,000 bottles have been released.
Let's Taste It :
Beautiful fullness, with damp peat, juicy fruits, muddy earth. Winey, sweet hints, genoise, amarena cherry, gooey liqueur. Pineapple, still-hard pear, oak leaves, liquorice. Chlorophyll. Fine ash, still smoking. Iodine spiked with ginger. Candied vanilla. Very suave on the palate, like silk, herbaceous freshness, a few spices, nutmeg and pepper, brown tobacco, full body, exotic fruits, banana, passion fruit, acerola. The finish is very long and quite explosive, with dates and figs,
In Short,
As is often the case, an excellent Octomore. The ageing in white wine casks reminds me of the 6.2, aged in Limousin brandy casks, or the 10.2, aged in Sauternes casks. However, the finish is slightly below some purely destructive Octomores. It's still a Batch to enjoy, and if you've got a few hundred euros to spare, this is a good idea to get rid of it nicely.
Score : 90
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Triptykon - Aurorae
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