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Octomore 13.2 (Oloroso Cask)

Scotch Single Malt Islay
Age
5 years
ABV
58.3%
Introduced
2022
Flavour Fingerprint
Malt Light Fruit Citrus Floral Herbal Spice Sweet Dark Fruit Nutty Earth Maritime Smoke / Peat

The shape of Octomore 13.2 (Oloroso Cask)

This bottle's own signature across the twelve-axis Spirit Map — not the distillery average, but this exact expression.

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Flavour profile is AI-assisted and still being refined.

Tasting

How it drinks

Sight
Rich amber with reddish sherry highlights; full-bodied and viscous
Nose
Smoke and intense orange peel meld with leather, spice, and bacon fat. Deep and brooding
Palate
Citrus-heavy sweetness strikes first, followed by salty iodine character. Sharper hints of lime leaf with chocolatey, toasty depth. Rich and complex sherry influence
Finish
Long finish ringing with cigar tobacco. Chocolatey and toasty with lingering oloroso sweetness and smoky depth

Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.

Maturation

The wood it came through

  • First-fill oloroso sherry butts (Fernando de Castilla)

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