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Octomore 15.1 70cl 59,1°

Distillery : Bruichladdich / Country : Scotland / Reference: : 26057

Octomore from islay distillery Bruichladdich releases its new version 15.1. Octomore 15.1 is a Single Malt distilled from 100% Scottish barley and aged in a combination of Bourbon casks and specially re-toasted ex-Bourbon casks. It is peated at 108.2 PPM.

Demonstrating a refined strength of character, balancing notes of smooth, vanilla custard and sweet, toasty oak with heady peat smoke.

215,00 € tax incl.

soit 307,14 € / litre

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Features
Volume0.7 L
ABV59.1 °
TypeSingle malt
DistilleryBruichladdich
CountryScotland
RegionIslay
Age5 years
MaturationBourbon
PeatHeavily Peated
Reference:26057

The peated whiskies of Islay are 30 to 45 ppm*. The first Octomore 1.1., released in 2007, is peated to 131ppm. And one of the last releases, the 6.3. is peated to 258ppm…


Jim McEwan from the Bruichladdich distillery recalls the philosophy by which the distillery crafted the Port Charlotte and Octomore whiskies: “When I asked Bairds, our Inverness malting house, to produce heavily peated barley, it was only curiosity. Just to see what would happen. I had in mind the taste of slow cold-smoked salmon, and I wanted to apply this to whisky. The barley took 5 days to dry… Then, I never asked to raise the peat level, this simply happened. Just like the waves on the sea, you do not always see the bigger ones rolling.”


A rare fact in Scotland, the Bruichladdich distillery uses an open mash tun. Its onion-shaped stills have a very flat base and a slender body. During distillation, alcohol vapours rise slowly, imparting finesse and elegance to the whisky.


With each release, Octomore has been developing even more depth and peated notes. Donald McKenzie, Octomore manager for the Dugas Company in France, deems that “Octomore is a technical whisky, a heavily peated, oily and powerful challenge but still extremely refined. It is a rare, excessive, exceptional whisky.”


The Octomore versions are classified by two numbers separated by a dot. The first number is the batch, the second one is an indication of the whisk maturation. 1 for 100% Bourbon casks, 2 for various cask types. 3 refers to the use of Islay barley.


*PPM -  phenols parts per million, measuring the influence of the oily smoke peat infusing the germinated barley during the drying process. The longer the exposure, the highest the ppm value is. A well peated Islay whisky reaches a 40-50 ppm. But every whisky still develops its very own character and mouthfeel sensation, depending on the style of each distillery.

Nose: notes of caramel and citrus, delicately wrapped in dry peat smoke. Notes of anise, vanilla and smooth custard follow, with tropical fruit, geranium and a hint of ginger complementing the sweet malt. 

Mouth: refreshing tastes of mango, banana and apricot jam cut through the heady peat, beautifully rounded by vanilla custard and caramel. A drop of water allows the smoke to open up, bringing subtle marine and warm sand notes.

Finish: Peat smoke, vanilla and delicately charred oak settle in on the finish, with a lively marine freshness.