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Octomore 15.3

Scotch Single Malt Islay
Age
5 years
ABV
61.3%
Introduced
2024
Flavour Fingerprint
Malt Light Fruit Citrus Floral Herbal Spice Sweet Dark Fruit Nutty Earth Maritime Smoke / Peat

The shape of Octomore 15.3

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
Pale straw gold, natural color
Nose
Massive peat with surprising floral lift, Islay farm barley terroir, bonfire, sea kelp, lemon
Palate
Extraordinarily peated yet elegant, smoked honey, lemon, maritime minerality, Oloroso richness
Finish
Immense length, peat smoke slowly yielding to sherry sweetness and coastal barley character

Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.

Maturation

The wood it came through

  • Bourbon and Oloroso casks

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