Octomore Farm 2010 Private Cask Bottling 10 yo

 

 

 

60,8°

Distillery : Bruichladdich - Islay 

Bourbon Barrel

Original Bottling 

Limited Edition 

Single Cask 

Bottled in 2020

Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength

Peated around 82,3 ppm

 

 

 

At the end of 2014, the first Octomore made with barley grown at Octomore Farm is on sale, it is the 06.3, and it was distilled in 2009. Six years later, this limited bottling, one of the first Private Cask Bottlings which bears the name of Octomore (while the Bruichladdich and Port Charlotte Private Cask Bottlings number in the hundreds), is marketed with the mention of ten years of age, in Single Cask. The number of bottles is unknown. The barrel is numbered 1754. Distilled in 2010, it is one of the oldest single casks Octomore on the market.

 

 

 

Let's Taste It : 

A dash of vanilla a little rural, some cereal fragrances, then the peat sticks to the ceiling. Acrid, earthy, raspy, it makes you dizzy. Like incense scrolls in an Orthodox church, it’s almost suffocating. Iodine, which accompanies the power of alcohol. With the addition of water, peat becomes even heavier, cereals more intense. After a while, it becomes creamy, pastry, biscuit filled with genoise, and mirabelle. But the smoke is still there. Lemon, which becomes candied in the mouth, with not too strong spices, cumin, nutmeg, paprika. Very nice balance, it is satiny. Rose water. Long finish, even interminable, that takes off, with an ounce of exotic fruits, on papaya, coconut. Then the spices emerge, sandalwood, and a big return of peat. Hazelnut.

 

In Short, 

To be honest I was a little disappointed by the nose. Monochrome, a bit simple, with a rather lemony profile that is not what I generally prefer. On the other hand, on the palate, it is excellent, and the finish is really superb. All in all, it is very good but I do not recommend buying because of this nose not up to it. Anyway, this bottling has been sold out for a long time now, we might as well save ourselves the trouble of searching for it for months on the second market. 

Score : 89

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