Octomore Edition 02.2 /140

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Octomore Edition 02.2 /140

Category	Single Malt Whisky from
District	Islay
Bottler	Distillery Bottling
Bottling	Orpheus
Bottled	2009
Age	05 years old
Cask type	Bourbon / Chateau Petrus finish
Number of bottles	15,000
Strength	61.0 % Vol.
Bottle size	700 ml
Availability
Price	± € 450.00 \| £ 380.52 \| $ 578.39

Added: 11 Dec. 2009 9:25 am

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Notes & Reviews

St. Pauli

posted 1 Mar. 2013

St. Pauli gave this whisky 92 points

Color

Russetmuscat

Nose

Lovely... The high viscosity promises that we are dealing with a dense spirit. The nose: very intense, phenolic (boggy peat), wine (cabernet sauvignon), fruity (blackcurrants), spices (cinnamon, oak) and a little waxy.

With water: the peat is somewhat reduced, which allows the fruit and spices to play a bit more dominant role.

Taste

Full bodied and intense. Peat and salt travel through the mouth, accompanied by the fruit and spices coming from the Petrus finish. Later, the barley can be detected too. This whisky is not becoming dry at all and stays full flavored.

With water, the palate is more modest, with lower influence of the eat.

Finish

Long, smoky and spicy... Outstandingly special. The flavors keep coming back. Will they ever vanish?

Comments

As we all know, this one is a peat monster. Yet, this whisky has more to offer. The Chateau Petrus finish was a spectacular adventure. It has added wine, fruit and spices to the character.

In short: a powerful peated flavor bomb!

Furtia

posted 7 Dec. 2012

Furtia gave this whisky 86 points

Weighted rate

86

Nose - aroma

86

Initial taste

87

Body

85

Finish

84

Price

88

Presentation

86

Malt Hans

posted 1 Dec. 2012

Malt Hans gave this whisky 87 points

Tary and fruity aroma, heather honey, smoked ham, melon, pear, almonds, raisins, vanilla, brine and drying seaweed. Marzipan sweet and tary taste, horseradish, liqourice, orange peel, vanilla, walnuts, apple peel and lapsang souchong. Long, smoky, fruity and malty end.

checkpointuk

posted 12 Jul. 2012

checkpointuk gave this whisky 89 points

Tasting notes here:

http://www.weinkenner.de/2012/whisky-meets-wine-eine-harmonische-verbindung-21008/

checkpointrk

posted 11 Feb. 2012

checkpointrk gave this whisky 89 points

directly compared with Caol Ila 10yo " Willi Opitz" HOMOK Finish, 215btl - Single Cask Collection Österreich
* Orpheus: Sweeetness of the wine cask is better integrated, but very sweet --> 89P

markjedi1

posted 20 Dec. 2011

markjedi1 gave this whisky 89 points

Color

Old gold

Nose

Oh my, I have only just poured the dram and already the whole room is starting to smell of peat, stable and tar. But when I slide the glass over the remnants of my Movember moustache I get a completely different profile. Sweet berries and sugared cornflakes. The two extremes are so incompatible, you would not believe it. And still. It works! What a wonderful heretic of a nose! Adding water weakens the wine influence. I am sure that is not the intention.

Taste

I was afraid my mouth would explode with this ABV, but my fear was unwarranted. Sipping carefully never hurts, though. What a harmonious taste! The wine is obviously present in the form of sweet berries and Cointreau and is perfectly countered by the peat smoke and tar. Adding water makes it more smoky, spicy and sweeter and frankly simply superb.

Finish

The finish is very long on spices, sugared tangerines and smoke.

Comments

Well, I did not know what to expect, but my first date with Octomore was a very pleasant one. At the moment of release, in 2009, this was the most heavily peated dram on the market. That honor currently is bestowed upon the Octomore Ochdamh-more 04.1/4_167 with a whopping 167ppm, released in June 2011. This Orpheus will set you back approximately 100 EUR. But you sure get bang for your buck.

Mark Dermul Toshan Man

SpiritHall

posted 1 Dec. 2011

SpiritHall gave this whisky 94 points

Color

Auburn

Nose

Strong aroma peat, sweetness and a bit of citrus.

Taste

An enjoyable assault, of peat, smoke and spice, with the right amount of sweetness, to round off the experience. Thickly oily.

Finish

Long finish of slowly subsiding pulsating flavours, from the initial explosion.

Comments

This is one of the best offering/expression of a heavily peated Islay malt available. The price was on the expensive side upon release, but worth it for the experience. Great bottle and packaging.

Willie JJ

posted 11 Sep. 2011

Willie JJ gave this whisky 82 points

Color

Pale gold

Nose

Big peat-reek with peachy undertones. It actually dries the nostrils.

Taste

As usual the combination of high strength and massive peat makes for a very drying palate. Plenty of fruity sweetness though.

Finish

Intensely sweet hot and drying.

Comments

As usual, water doesn't help it. Best of the first 3 general releases though. Not bad.

It's better to have drunk it all than never to have drunk at all.

Feusi

posted 28 Jul. 2011

Feusi gave this whisky 90 points

The beauty and the beast. Incredible taste experience, the initially very intense smoke slowly turns into a strong vinous sweetness. Poahh. Not for the delicate nerves.

Petra_Brno

posted 24 Jun. 2011

Petra_Brno gave this whisky 85 points

Color

White wine

Nose

Wine, leather, vanilla, black pepper, peat.

Taste

Salt, peat, green tea. Sweet and sour.

It is up and down. Quite a lot of tastes, but not complex. Quickly changes from one to another. With water is more stable, the taste is not so "jumpy".

Finish

Comments

Colour is like pink wine.

maltloon

posted 1 Jan. 2011

maltloon gave this whisky 92 points

The colour of Octomore Orpheus has a distinctly reddish hue showing clearly the influence of wine cask finish. It is not on the pink side though, contrary to what could be expected from a five year old whisky. It is in fact quite saturated orange, indicating lots of interaction between wood and whisky.

On the nose at first there is a huge punch of peat so typical to Octomore family, and then different kinds of sweetness start coming through. There is something definitely winy and fruity there. The peat does not fight back, it doesn´t need to. It sits in the background satisfied with its boldness, knowing that nothing can diminish its influence. It provides perfect background for other complex aromas that play with peat in extremely enjoyable harmony. It is like being right inside the distillery. There are scents of creamy, malty cereals from a mash tun, fully fermented wash, invigorating hints of fresh spirit and above all, the kilned malt. Some delicate signs of creosote create very positive illusion of antiquity. My favourite part though is that Orpheus does not stop with displaying aromas from the production side of a distillery. The nose brings you all the way into the warehouse. The winy notes on the nose bring to mind the sensation of being in a dunnage warehouse and inhaling what does rightfully belong to the angels.

First sip confirms that the nose does not lie. At first the sweet peat moves fearlessly to the front, but it quickly makes room for fruitier and candy like notes. Rhubarb candy and candied cherries are among the tastes most pleasantly playing with the peat. Later, the maritime saltiness tries to break through the layers of peat and the dance of sweet and salty begins. Ruby port makes its way to the front eventually but it does not affect the balance; it augments the complexity instead. There is nothing overwhelming in this dram and at the same time it is mouth filling, bold and incredibly balanced for its age. It is a fine example of how an excellent oak can turn highly peated malt into a liquid candy.

Finish consists of alternating waves of peat and sweet notes coming back again and again. Eventually more creosote causes the finish to dry a bit.

I think this is the best 5 year old whisky since PC5 and definitely the best Octomore to date.

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