• Nose: 23 Palate: 23 Finish: 22 Balance: 22 Total: 90
  • Nose: Fresh barley and light smoke
  • Palate: Peaty
  • Type: Single Malt
  • Age: 5
  • ABV: 62.9%
  • Distiller: Bruichladdich (Remy Cointreau)
  • Where made: Bruichladdich, Isle of Islay SCOTLAND
  • Region: Islay
  • Approximate Price: $180
  • Value: OK

From Bruichladdich: "Octomore .3 editions are distilled from 100% Islay barley. They are single estate, single vintage bottlings from barley grown on friend and farmer James Brown’s land. Octomore farm lies around two miles south of Bruichladdich Distillery, with the name for the series originating from the farm, where the Montgomery’s once distilled. These whiskies are generally matured in a mixture of ex-American and ex-European oak, subject to change for each edition." This whisky is from 100% Islay grown Concerto barley, harvested in 2011 from Irene’s Field on Octomore Farm, peated to 133PPM, and distilled in 2012. It was matured on Islay in a combination of ex American whiskey and French wine casks: 1st fill ex-American (25%), 3rd fill virgin oak (25%), 2nd fill Rivesaltes (20%), 2nd fill Syrah (20%), 2nd fill bourbon (10%). I tasted it at Julio's Liquors.