Duncan Taylor The Octave Brackla 11 Year Old 2011 54% ABV

Duncan Taylor The Octave Brackla 11 Year Old 2011 is a single cask Highland single malt from the Brackla distillery, today known as Royal Brackla. Distilled in 2011, it matured for 11 years in oak casks and then spent nine months in an octave, a very small cask that gives the whisky a richer, more sherried profile in a short time. Duncan Taylor bottled it in 2022 at 54.0% ABV, filling just 87 bottles, presented in a 700ml bottle with tube.

Tasting Notes: Fruit cake, tropical fruit, clove, sherry, toffee, treacle and apricot jam.

Nose: Rich fruit cake and fresh tropical fruit with a hint of cloves.

Palate: Big sherried notes of sticky toffee pudding, treacle and toffee.

Finish: Gently drying, followed by hints of apricot jam.

Serve: Neat, or with a few drops of water.