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Octomore 16.3

Scotch Single Malt Islay
Age
5 years
ABV
61.6%
Introduced
2025
Flavour Fingerprint
Malt Light Fruit Citrus Floral Herbal Spice Sweet Dark Fruit Nutty Earth Maritime Smoke / Peat

The shape of Octomore 16.3

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 gold, natural color
Nose
Dark chocolate, orange marmalade, baking spice, holiday warmth, raisin, PX richness
Palate
Bold raisin character, lemony-buttery creaminess melded with peat, pastry dough by a fireplace
Finish
Coconut, sesame cakes, saline vein, long smoky-sweet finish with PX depth

Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.

Maturation

The wood it came through

  • Ex-bourbon
  • Sauternes and Pedro Ximenez casks

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