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Octomore edition 12.2
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Distillery:
Bruichladdich
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Company:
Bruichladdich Distillers Group
Parent Company:
Rémy Contreau
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Cask Maturation
1st & 2nd Fill American Whiskey casks which where vatted together in 2019 and finished in 1st Fill French Sauterne wine casks.
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Strength
57.3% ABV
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Note
Limited Edition
Natural Colour
Unchill-filtered
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Distilled:
2015
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Bottled:
2020
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Price
160-180
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Country:
Scotland
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Region
Islay
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PPM
129.7
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Website:
bruichladdich.com
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Type:
Single Malt
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Volume:
70, 75 cl
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Age:
5 year old
Taste note
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Colour:
Amber
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Nose:
Beautiful notes of melon, honey and smoked almonds initially. Toasted oak and earthy smoke are held back by layers of fruit and honey. There is orange peel, peaches, ripe sweet melon, a lemon and honey combination all wrapped in a malted grain sweetness. Dried apple and pear drops come next with a wave of peat smoke and toasted oak, releasing earthy and pine resin notes.
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Palate:
Lusciously soft and sweet as the fruit sweeps across the palate, lemon zest and vanilla pods come to the fore with melon and orange blossom. Another sip highlights the structure the French oak brings with caramel, baking spices and a touch of dryness carrying the smoke and the malt sweetness. Always the presence of ripe fruit drizzled in syrup speaks of the influence of the Sauternes casks.
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Finish:
On the finish, a salty lemon tang arrives as the fruit and oak fade a little. That lovely earthy peat smoke moves in to dominate the finish and stamp the Octomore DNA all over this dram.
Flavor profile
Spice
Smoke
Citrus
Sweet
Wood
Rich fruits
Other aromas
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- Stone fruits
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- green apple
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- vanilla
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- malt
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- smoke
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- burned wood
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- spices
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- citrus fruits
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- honey