Port Charlotte 2001 Islay´s Delight - Private Cask Bottling
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Bruichladdich |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | Islay´s Delight - Private Cask Bottling |
| Vintage | 2001 |
| Bottled Year | 2012 |
| Age | 10년 |
| Cask Type | Port Cask |
| Cask Number | 979 |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 62.4% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
amber
air Nose
gunpowder all over the place at first nosing, then roasted chestnuts and coffee. Goes on with Corinthian raisins and coffee as well as whiffs of pencil shavings and bacon, with a growing smokiness (wood and coal but not peat). Garden bonfire. Also smoked ham… And then ‘cask strength’ espresso. The gunpowder tends to disappear. Peace! With water: more gunpowder again, then leather and burning leaves. Game. Becomes a tad vinegary as well… ‘Old nun who neglects herself’ as we say in my old wine club. Err…
restaurant Palate
yeah, it’s one of these young sherry monsters that really taste as ‘mature’ as some much older whiskies. Again a little gunpowder and pepper, then quite some menthol (more to be found in much older whiskies in my experience), raspberry fruit jelly, liquorice, a tarriness… The complexity is quite astounding here, even at such high strength. With water: perfect sherriness. We’re not too far from those famous Port Charlottes ex-sherry bloodtub, minus the heavy peat – but a peatiness there is
timer Finish
long and fruitier. Blood oranges. Bitterer in the aftertaste
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