Review #256: Octomore 7.2

Islay - NAS - NCF - NCA - $180 - 58.6%

  
Octomore is Bruichladdich's heavily peated limited release that comes out every year.  The Ocotmores are all very young, heavily peated and cask strength.  This particular one is made from "American oak casks with casks that once held Syrah created in the great vineyards of the Rhone". Sounds tasty.  As a note, the .2s are duty free exclusives.  

Color - Old Gold

Nose - Buttercream, berries, tidal pools, lint, nag champa, bitter lemon, air freshener, tar
Palate - Oily, Toffee, syrup, diesel, saline, berries

Finish - Long - Berries, fresh pears, bonfire smoke, that fades to cigar ash and treacle 

Overall - 7 - The noses is not as peated as I would have expected.  There is a lot sweet but more a funk, than a traditional peat.  The palate is dense and oily.  The finish is nice, long and peated.  This is everything I expect from an Octomore, big, in your face, a bit brash.  If there are any sitting on shelves any more, it is worth picking up. 

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Rating system is price influenced as it is based on my shopping decisions when buying a bottle.

10 Best in Show

9 Great Dram for Special Occasions

8 Worthy of consistent spot in my collection

7 Worth picking up a bottle if in the mood

6 I would buy a bottle if it went on sale
5.5 I really enjoyed but it will never be priced at where I would buy a bottle

5 I would drink it happily if offered

4 I would drink it if offered on the rocks

3 Maybe some soda will make this potable

2 I'll Pass

1 Toilet cleaner

Inclusive Ratings

Overall 6.1

Standard Deviation 0.92

Skew 0.66

Kurtosis -0.16