Octomore Edition 01.1

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Octomore Edition 01.1

Category	Single Malt Whisky from
District	Islay
Bottler	Distillery Bottling
Bottling	Ochdamh-mor 131 PPM
Vintage	16.10.2002
Bottled	04.2008
Age	05 years old
Cask type	Bourbon-Buffalo Trace
Number of bottles	6,000
Strength	63.5 % Vol.
Bottle size	700 ml
Availability
Price	± € 708.00 \| £ 598.08 \| $ 911.13

Added: 7 Nov. 2008 9:56 pm by spooky

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Notes & Reviews

Edwin de Lange

posted 4 Nov. 2012

Edwin de Lange gave this whisky 94 points

The number one Octomore expression!

wcotting

posted 15 Jan. 2012

wcotting gave this whisky 74 points

Weighted rate

74

Nose - aroma

72

Initial taste

75

Body

72

Finish

72

Price

70

Presentation

87

GLEN MAUR

posted 20 Nov. 2011

GLEN MAUR gave this whisky 84 points

Weighted rate

84

Nose - aroma

85

Initial taste

84

Body

83

Finish

84

Price

80

Presentation

88

Willie JJ

posted 11 Sep. 2011

Willie JJ gave this whisky 72 points

Color

Pale straw

Nose

Incredibly peaty. The initial nose makes you think of young Ardbeg, but then it fails to develop. The first floral notes are lovely, but deeper nosing just gives a rubbery smoke. I need a fire extinguisher to put out the fire in my nostril hair.

Taste

PEAT SMOKE! I'm waiting for something else to happen. Nope nothing. Just embers burning on my tongue. Again the rubbery background.

Finish

Just the continued fire on my tongue, although it does go on an on.

Comments

Well its interesting if nothing else. But there's no complexity. Everything is submerged beneath the flames of peat. Water doesn't do anything other than reveal the immaturity of the spirit. I like it more than the Octomore futures, but that may be because its so bonkers.

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

j.shakerley

posted 17 Jul. 2011

j.shakerley gave this whisky 87 points

Color

Pale straw

Nose

Straight into the glass; my nose is more than an inch from it and it serves a total bonfire feast. Hint of salt - as if this fire is smoking on a beach. My partner thinks that he can pick-up some smokey bacon, though I'm not totally convinced.

Taste

As warm as fired brandy. It takes at least three tastes to get past the initial 'hit' of the Octomore and to start to appreciate its subtlety: here I'm getting smoked haddock - a development from the nose. Quite oily.

Finish

Unique.

Comments

However, I think the third edition of the Octomore trumps this. That is not to say that I won't be getting hold of another bottle of this, though.

Melvin

posted 14 Jun. 2011

Melvin gave this whisky 89 points

Weighted rate

89

Nose - aroma

89

Initial taste

89

Body

87

Finish

90

Price

88

Presentation

90

Viel Rauch - viel Zitrusfrucht, ich mag diesen Whisky sehr gerne!

hsmithjr

posted 28 Jan. 2011

Absolutely stunning if you are a peat freak. Don't buy an entire bottle, it is too much. This is a novelty more than anything.

In an interstellar burst, I\'m back to save the universe.

islaynut

posted 16 Jul. 2010

islaynut gave this whisky 94 points

I have a few bottles of this in my collection. I tried it last year in The Bow Bar in Edinburgh. I let the dram sit in the glass for a few minutes and it filled the whole bar with peat and smoke - fantastic! Jim McEwan has really pulled out the stops with this one - blows Ardbeg Supernova away!

magic_slim

posted 14 Apr. 2009

magic_slim gave this whisky 90 points

Color

White wine

Nose

Sweet and warming. But where is the peat explosion? I expected a peat bomb but there is none. I had Ardbeg samples which made the whole room smell peaty within minutes. This one smells peaty, no doubt, but enjoyably in moderate amounts. Alcoholic, camphor.

Taste

Extremely powerful immediate peat supernova explosion, creeping slowly like a liquid lava flow from the mouth through the throat down the esophagus to the stomach, where it produces a very pleasant warmth and wellness. Gorgeous. Smoke, creosote, iodine ... in additon there is the taste of toasted wood and tobacco.

Finish

Very long, warming and peaty. Becoming slightly salty. Very dry. The peat stays with you for a while, when you sniff your nose, when you breathe ... it does not stop.

Comments

I know that I am "peatophil". For me tasting this whisky was a great experience and I really liked it. The nose is weak, but taste and finish are an experience, that no one who likes peaty whiskies should miss.

magic_slim

posted 14 Apr. 2009

magic_slim gave this whisky 90 points