57,9°
Distillery : Bruichladdich - Islay
2d Fill Wine Casks and 2d Fill Bourbon Barrels, 1st Fill Cognac Finish
Original Bottling
Limited Edition
Single Malt
Bottled in 2024
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Peated around 108,2 ppm
This is the 2nd version of Octomore's 15th Batch, and for the occasion we have a double maturation in wine casks and Bourbon Barrels, with a finish in Cognac casks. The barley used is Concerto barley grown in Scotland, but not on Islay.
Let's Taste It :
The nose is wrapped in a farmhouse peat, with lovely vinous fragrances and baked apples. The smoke is enticing but not overpowering. Candied chestnuts, juicy white fruit, almost liquid vanilla. Salt dough, sponge cake, rolled wafers. Whipped cream. Egg yolk. Unctuous mouth, olives and plums, but with lots of spice. Custard, floating island, mashed banana, almond milk, walnut liqueur. Long and powerful finish, never-ending, burnt coal, fuel oil, tide, foam, seawater. Tar-tinged rocks, soot and chalk, with a drop of caramel and black tea. Chestnut cream. Nutmeg. Pan-fried mushrooms.
In Short,
Nothing exceptional, but by no means disappointing, this is a very successful Octomore, which is very similar to the 14.3, also aged in Cognac casks, but the wine softens the Cognac influence, so we have something very complex and very smooth, the peat is not very present either. The finish is the best part, very intense and radical. The price may seem high, but there's a unique know-how and expertise here, and it shows in the taste. For me, this is a must-buy.
Score : 90
To Be Listened While Sipping :
The Yagas - The Crying Room
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