Introduced as the flagship Port Charlotte expression produced by Bruichladdich in 2018, this 10 year old single malt from the Isle of Islay is a lip-smackingly smoky number indeed. It's peated to 40ppm, and drawn from a combination of first-fill American whiskey casks, second-fill American whiskey casks and second-fill French wine casks.
Salted caramel brownie, flamed orange peel, a hearty whack of seaweed.
Oak-y smoke and salty sea air, paired with sweeter notes of Custard Cream biscuits and white grape.
Ginger snaps, rye toast, drying peat smokiness.
Smoky, peaty. Insidious malt. Don't know where the orange comments come from. Maybe they've had orange stuff with or before. My second favourite after Jura
I don't usually drink whisky like this, but then it's not usually made as well as this. This has an authentically brash, young Islay tang, with lemon in the top note and a deeply satisfying, "pretzel" finish. But it is not harsh. Well worth buying, especially at this price.
I get a distinct lime / citrus flavour on the tongue. And not quite the smoke.
After only recently acquiring a taste for malt whisky, I found I enjoyed Laphroaig, and Ardbeg however this port charlotte 10year old is much smoother, nice and smokey more so than the Ardbeg.
Absolutely wonderful or maybe sensational would describe this.
