Port Charlotte Islay Barley

Peaty. Smokey backtaste small alcohol burn. Wheat. Barley

This is a pretty great version of a heavily peated whisky from Islay. I love the nose, yummy bbq sweet meat and salty savory note, mixed in with peat. It’s like a Smokey bladhoch 10, another favoratire of mine. I love that this peat is more peat than smoke. The taste is quite oily, it’s also smooth. I have to go back to it but I think this is more savory than sweet, and the taste is more smoky than peat. Smooth finish. Next to talisker 10, this smells similar, but I think it’s got more flavor thanks to the higher alcohol content. Need to revisit it sgsin and sign, but for right now, flavor complexity wise it’s not as complex as ardbeg. This can change in the future.

Peat and iodine jump out on the nose right up front as expected. The peat on the nose leans towards the Laphroaig type notes rather than Ardbeg, but the palate leans the other way for me. A dryer peat with a spicy ash finish. The palate has depth and the finish is long. Try it if you are a peat lover! Water makes the dram more ashy all around and I prefer none in this one.

2013