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Product Description
Made solely from barley grown on Irene's Farm in Islay (peated to 133 PPM) and aged for five years in mostly second-fill American whiskey barrels, this is a fascinating study of how a single-vintage low-yield harvest affects the whisky character. This has intense notes of malted barley, black tea, golden syrup, burning heather and smoke.
The Octomore 9 series has been named dialogos (dialogue in ancient Greek) in recognition of the whisky's ability to provoke debate amongst whisky enthusiasts.
Style
Style
- Body4
- Richness4
- Smoke5
- Sweetness2
Character
Character
Product Facts
Product Facts
Bottler
Distillery Bottling
Age
Vintage
Country
Scotland
Region
Islay
Chill Filtered
No
Colouring
No
Certification
Certified B-Corp
Octomore 9.3 5 Year Old Farm Grown Barley
70cl / 62.9%
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Tasting Notes
Tasting Notes
Tasting notes from the producer
Nose
Malted barley, Horlicks, the smell of the mash going into the mashtun. Heather wildfire, black tea, golden syrup, lemon sponge.
Palate
Golden syrup in the tin, smoked tea, wort, malted barley, pear, peach melba. Sea spray, heather flowers.
Finish
Smoke, toasted oak, rye bread, salt, ozone.
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Customer Reviews
(6 Reviews)
Will make all your other scotches taste like water, comparatively.
I'm a big fan of this whisky - as the distiller's say, it shouldn't work but it does. But it does polarise somewhat - those who go for a barley, peaty, smokey aroma and flavour will love this one, but those who don't won't like it. But that means there's more for me!
Legs fast start and run, reflecting the high ABV. High viscosity oily, legs thick but not too wide. Starts sweet, then smokey almost immediately, ortho, meta and para cresols all present, medicinal, hospital, sticking plaster, slightly germoline. Malty, bread, Sweet syrup and sweet Horrlicks. Increasingly Strong dominant musty smell. Damp old trench coat dominates later, eventually softens. Medicinal aromas wax and wane as does mustiness. Mustiness takes time to recede. Sweet vanilla in background emerges then disappears. Burnt toast comes through after half hour or so. Sweet candied Apple in background. Then that mustiness returns. Surprisingly complex for such a young whisky. Is the barley Golden Promise???? Sweet initial taste, then Briney. Licorice and anisee. Sweet bread taste at end. Finish is peaty, smokey ah the syringol and guaiacol at last. Low kiln temperature to produce high ppm creates a phenolic imbalance with Ortho Meta and Para Cresol suppressing other phenols. Finish is long, but surprisingly gentle and not too peaty. Quite astringent. Rating is taking into consideration the youthfulness of the whisky and making that allowance. A bit rough at times.
I was hesitant about spending that much money on a 5 year old whisky but I would gladly buy again (or preferably have some one else buy me one). It is earth shatteringly good. The aroma is incredible. The tasting notes above really nail this whiskey. You get all the flavours mentioned and it is devine. So much smoke and malt with the lemon cake at the end. The taste is absolute nectar. Think back to the one whisky that really got you into whisky, that one dram that made you realise just what a whisky could be. This is like that but times ten. This has to be one of the greatest whisky's I've ever had.
Another great whisky from the Octomore stable