Islay Vatted Octave Bottling Malt Scotch Whisky

The nose is filled with rich peat, brine, slight seaweed and ocean spray, with soft tropical fruits and heather.The palette is lovely with rich fruits, oily texture, chewy toffee, peat, smoke, cocoa and oak spice to the back end. A long dry finish of tea leaf and mint chocolate. D&M Tasting Notes

This Islay Blend is a "teaspoon" of some of our favorite Islay malts. Distilleries use this method to keep independent bottlers from using the term Single Malt. 

Distilled:1997 Bottled: 2014 Cask # 988121 Only 88 Bottles.

Aged in Octave 4 Months 

Cask Strength 54.3% ABV 

The Octave 

For many years, Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky Ltd. has experimented in the use of differing cask sizes for the maturation of Single Malt and Single Grain Scotch whiskies. The research stemmed from a simple premise that there is more interaction between the wood and the spirit over a shorter period of time in a small cask than in a large cask, therefore allowing a more rapid “melding” of wood, air and alcohol.