Bruichladdich Octomore 10.3 – 6 Year Old 700ml 61.3%

Malted to 114 PPM with a yield of 24,000 bottles word-wide

Details
700ml: 61.3% alc
Age: 6 years
Region: Islay
Cask type: Ex American oak casks
Bottler: Bruichladdich Distillery
Release Date AU: November 2019

Bottling Notes

The Octomore 10’s series explores a ‘softer smoke’ approach to the range allowing the presence of the Octomore spirit to play its part as well.

Distilled in 2013, this 10.3 was created using barley grown less than a mile from Bruichladdich at Octomore Farm, by farmer James Brown, in a single field, in a single year, and matured entirely on Islay in a selection of ex- American oak (first fill) whiskey casks from Buffalo Trace, Heaven Hill, Jack Daniels and Jim Beam. It’s a profile firmly rooted in the ethos of terroir and another winner from Bruichladdich.

The good folks at Bruichladdich explain it best:
“For the first time, the 10.3 is matured for six aged years but crucially only in ex-American oak. These top-quality casks have gently coaxed this Octomore spirit into life in Warehouse 16, next to our 10.1 edition. The components of our 10.1 and 10.3 are so similar, the distinct flavour difference must be owed to the barley’s respective growing location”.

The DIALOGOS range pays homage to the Greek word (διάλογος) which is defined by a ‘written or spoken conversation exchange between two or more people’.