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Octave Craigellachie 13 Year Old Single Cask 54.6% Single Malt Scotch Whisky 70cl
This 2011 vintage single malt from Craigellachie joins The Octave collection from indie bottler Duncan Taylor. The whisky matured for 13 years, finishing with a nine-month stay in a single little octave cask, yielding just 94 bottles when it was opened in 2024.
70cl
ABV 54.6%
Net weight: 1.7kg
Duncan Taylor
Duncan Taylor originates in Glasgow, where the company was initially a merchant and broker of Scotch whisky casks in the industry. Devotion to the principle of providing only the finest casks to be filled at Scotland’s leading distilleries has been a key feature of the company’s history.
Duncan Taylor has been laying down casks from premium Scottish distilleries for decades and now owns one of the largest privately held collections of vintage and rare scotch whisky casks. In 2002 Duncan Taylor moved its headquarters to Huntly, on the periphery of Speyside, Scotland’s largest whisky producing region, where it has its own facilities for cask storage, bottling, a cooperage and very soon, its own distillery.
The Octave Range
For upwards of 40 years, the team at Duncan Taylor has experimented with maturing whiskies in smaller casks with great success. Their research stemmed from the simple premise that there is more wood interaction with whisky 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.
After a second maturation, the octave casks refine the whisky, enhancing its hue, taste, form and character. The flavour profile is gently expanded, a little more sophisticated with the commanding presence of a mature, well-balanced Scotch Whisky. They have become ‘Octave Invigorated™. The Octave Collection is extensive, with something for all tastes, be it a single malt, a single grain or a blended malt whisky. Featured distilleries include Aultmore, Bunnahabhain, Brackla, Caol Ila, Glenallachie, Glen Moray, Highland Park, Miltonduff and Tobermory.
