← Bruichladdich
Octomore 11.2 (Sauternes Cask)
- Age
- 5 years
- ABV
- 58.6%
- Introduced
- 2020
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The shape of Octomore 11.2 (Sauternes Cask)
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Tasting
How it drinks
- Sight
- Warm gold with honeyed tones from Sauternes influence; medium-full body
- Nose
- Tropical fruit explosion — mango, passion fruit, grilled peach, honey, vanilla. Sauternes sweetness meets peat smoke beautifully. Frangipane, coconut, and gentle bonfire smoke
- Palate
- Luscious tropical fruit and peat — smoked mango, honeyed peach, passion fruit, vanilla cream. Sauternes adds botrytis-influenced sweetness and dried apricot. Maritime salinity cuts through the sweetness. Building peat smoke mid-palate
- Finish
- Long and sweet-smoky — tropical fruit and peat intertwine. Sauternes honeyed finish with lingering campfire smoke, dried apricot, and coastal salt
Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.
Maturation
The wood it came through
- Ex-bourbon American oak (3.5 years) then ex-Sauternes casks (1.5 years)
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