59,1°
Distillery : Bruichladdich - Islay
1st Fill and Recharred Ex-Bourbon Casks
Original Bottling
Limited Edition
Single Malt
Bottled in 2024
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Peated around 108,2 ppm
I'm always happy to discover a new Octomore Batch. So, nothing particularly new for the 1st version of this 15th Batch, except that some casks have been recharred, that means burnt a second time with a blowtorch after being filled and emptied with Bourbon.
Let's Taste It :
The nose is very smooth and elegant, with candied vanilla, juicy mirabelle plums and polished wood. The peat isn't all that strong, but the smoke is bewitching. Almond paste, crème caramel, wafers filled with vergeoise. Semi-salted butter biscuits. Very well-balanced palate, fruit pastry, buttery croissants, the peat is in the background, powerful but tamed. The spices come to the fore, but there's nothing revolutionary about that, the finish is very well managed, with a few notes of bitumen and waxed wood, but also exotic fruits, banana, mango and apricot. Melting caramel, wood resin. Ricola sweets.
In Short,
After the 12.1, which was a monster of explosive peat, a concentrate of choking smoke, Adam Hannett sought to do something more elegant and balanced with the Octomore .1s. The first result was the 13.1, which I found a little too gentle. I wasn't able to taste the 14.1, but in my opinion the 15.1 is the pinnacle of elegance for a peated whisky, and therefore the culmination of the quest that began, somewhat clumsily, with the 13.1. It is also, in my opinion, one of the best Octomores in the .1 series, after the 12.1 of course. Taste it at least once in your life, whether you like it or not, and if you like it, it's without restraint.
Score : 89
To Be Listened While Sipping :
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