Port Charlotte 2008 HSC Private Reserve

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Bruichladdich
Bottler	High Spirits' Collection (HSC)
Bottling Series	Private Reserve
Vintage	2008
Bottled Year	2015
Age	6년
Cask Type	Ex-Bourbon Cask
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	46.0%
Volume	700 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islay

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Flavor Profile

Smoky

Peaty

Oaky

Sweet

Spicy

Maritime

Vanilla

Honey

Fruity

Creamy

Citrus

Dried Fruit

Herbal

Nutty

Chocolate

Floral

Tasting Notes

Colour

dark amber

air Nose

lots of sherry, lots of coffee, lots of chocolate and lots of prunes right at first nosing with a nice smokiness (burning leaves and wood). Notes of kirsch, Smyrna raisins, toffee, slightly burnt cake (brownies), hints of balsamic vinegar, with also something slightly animal in the background (rabbit). Also something coastal, sea air… then pine needles. Very sherried but quite fresh and rather complex at the same time, which is always good news. Just a very, very faint soapiness

restaurant Palate

a big, bold sherry with lots of rancio, caramel and toffee, roasted raisins, chicory… A little rubber as well and kind of a ‘nice’ sourness (wine sauce). Gets quite liquoricy and then more and more on cooked caramel (gentle bitterness). Goes on with bitter oranges, cinchona, maybe a little curry, sage, cloves (mulled wine), hints of chilli... Lots of presence on the palate, the whisky staying maybe slightly in the background and the sherry and the port playing the first parts here. Medium long finish, frankly winey and ‘cooked’ now but still in a nice way. A good version, for genuine sherry lovers. 86 points . Bruichladdich '3D3' (46%, OB, The Norrie Campbell Tribute, 3rd Edition, bourbon) Norrie Campbell used to be the last traditional peat cutter on Islay. He probably liked the island’s products as the Laddie gang wrote ‘Lord help the angels when Norrie comes knocking on Heaven’s door!’ This 3D3 is peated at roughly 40ppm and contains the first Octomore ever, although I don’t know in which proportions. It’s also back to 46% instead of the previous 50% (Moine Mhor or 3D2)

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