Flavour profile is AI-assisted and still being refined.
Tasting
How it drinks
Sight
Deep amber with mahogany sherry tones; notably darker than standard Octomore from extended oloroso maturation
Nose
Sherry bomb meets super-peat — dark dried fruit, raisin, fig, dark chocolate, espresso, leather, massive peat smoke underneath. Virgin oak adds spice and tannin structure. Cigar box, Christmas pudding
Palate
Extraordinary intensity — oloroso sherry richness collides with 170ppm peat. Dark chocolate, dried fruit, smoked raisin, espresso, leather, clove, black pepper. The 7-year age and dual-maturation create remarkable integration between sherry sweetness and super-peat
Finish
Immensely long — dark chocolate and sherry fruit persist alongside building peat smoke. Leather, espresso, and cigar box linger. One of the most complex Octomore variants ever released
Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.
Maturation
The wood it came through
Virgin oak (3 years) then first-fill oloroso sherry butts (4 years)
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