Octomore Masterclass 08.4 Virgin Oak

Octomore Masterclass 08.4 Virgin Oak

Official bottling
Single malt - Islay
Tea
58.7% ABV
Dram

Nose: Bacon, vanilla, honey, leather, smoke, hints of baked apples. 
Mouthfeel: Light body, hot, volatile, tingly. 
Tasting:  Salty sweet. Leather, honey, lemon zest, baked apples, mint, smoke. 
Finish: Long. Smoke, mint, honey, baked apples, lemon zest. 

Comments: 

8 years old. This whisky is meaty and sweet, and the 170ppm peatiness is apparent only fleetingly. There is heaps of minty flavour mixed with cigar smoke, reminds me of smoking a rather good menthol cigarette while munching on baked apples. Lovely whisky.

Verdict:

I like this.