Octomore 2009 / Edition 6.3 / Islay Barley
Product Description

Launched at The Whisky Show 2014, the first bottling of super-heavily peated Octomore made with Islay barley is peated to a whopping 258ppm (parts per million), and unsurprisingly, this big-hearted dram is bursting with life.

Style

Style

  • 4
    Body
  • 4
    Richness
  • 5
    Smoke
  • 3
    Sweetness
Character

Character

  • Character - Iodine (tcp) Iodine (tcp)
  • Character - Seashell Seashell
  • Character - Honey Honey
  • Character - Cherry Cherry
  • Character - Cinnamon Cinnamon
  • Character - Nutmeg Nutmeg
Product Facts

Product Facts

  • Bottler Icon

    Bottler

    Distillery Bottling

  • Vintage Icon

    Vintage

    2009

  • Country Icon

    Country

    Scotland

  • Region Icon

    Region

    Islay

  • Colouring Icon

    Colouring

    No

Octomore 2009 Edition 6.3 Islay Barley

  • Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  • Distillery Bottling

70cl / 64%

4 (7 Reviews)

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Tasting Notes

Tasting Notes

  • Tasting Notes by Stuart P

    • Nose

      Deep breath… I’m expecting a peaty riot, but instead there’s a deliciously rich waft of barley, a touch of Germolene and then an aromatic fruitiness takes hold.

    • Palate

      Big, big flavours! Chewy malt, honeycomb, stewed fruit and fresh cherries. Then sweet spice from the oak (cinnamon and nutmeg), but there’s nothing here that takes away from the vivacity and vibrancy of this whisky – it is bursting with life.

    • Finish

      Layers of peat, fruit, spice and perfume go on and on. Quite something.

    • Comment

      It is staggering that a 64% abv whisky can be drunk without water, but it’s true in this case. In fact, a small drop helps, but just a touch – to drown this dram would be criminal.

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Customer Reviews

4 (7 Reviews)

  • 3

    Kevin K

    This whisky is a contradiction within itself. It starts as the most heavily peated whisky in the world with malted barley at 258ppm phenols, but the final spirit is IMO around 40ppm. The COATLINE is long lasting and the legs are thin as expected with a young whisky. Nose is as Stuart P suggest germonline predominantly, with peat in the background. Fruity aromas also. Palate is again suggestive of germonline as I imagine it would taste. Fruitiness certainly present. Peat is strong. Finish is long and peaty with chilli. In nose palate and finish the bonfire and burnt firewood of the Kildaltons is absent The contradiction lies in the distilling of this whisky. Tall stills with long necks produce s very refined whisky. Bruichladdich, unlike Ardbeg with is smaller, only 12 ft, dumpy stills and restricted neck is ideal to retain the peatiness. OCTOMORE. A bit like trying to build a Rolls Royce in a Ferrari factory.

  • 5

    Hud

    Stunning, wow! New to whisky so before this had tried Jack Daniels, Ardbeg 10 year, Jura Superstition, Port Dundas 1978 single grain, all good. But this just blew me away, the peat is super-smoky, the after-taste is magnificent, just lingers beautifully for ten seconds or more, the initial first few seconds is a complex bouquet leaving you wondering how they ever made this! Buy it.

  • 4

    Hud

    Stunning, wow!

  • 4

    Mark Saunders

    Very nice

  • 5

    Janne from Sweden

    Very nice. The smoketaste comes a bit after the alcohol and it rolls out from the back of your mouth, almost like it comes from the belly. Don?t spoil it with water, drink it strait. Don?t think, just order it. Worth every penny, belive me. I wonder what the lads at laddie?s are planning next.

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