The final expression in the Octomore Masterclass range, and focusses on the delicacy that must be used when making use of virgin oak casks.

20% of this whisky has been aged full term in virgin oak casks, with the remaining 80% first matured in first fill former Bourbon American oak casks, before a finishing period in European virgin oak casks that had held an older expression of Octomore, number 7.4, prior to this maturation. The whisky was aged for 8 years in total.

As ever with Octomore, this dram is hyper-peaty, weighing in at 170ppm.

This whisky delivers gentle, building peat, accompanied by some sweet malt, overripe bananas, toffee, corn, smoked oak, peppery spice, a touch of leather, clove, coconut, iodine and lemon rind. Expertly balanced, with neither smoke nor cask dominating.

As ever with Octomore, the whisky is bottled at a cask strength of 58.7% ABV, and without colouration or chill filtration, ensuring the full peaty flavour can be enjoyed.

• Product type
  Single Malt
• Distillery / brand
  Octomore
• Country
  Scotland
• Region
  Islay
• Bottler
  Distillery Bottling
• Cask type
  Wine
• Bottling date
  2017
• Age
  8 years old
• Non-chillfiltered
  Yes
• Natural colour
  Yes
• SKU
  034204