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Port Charlotte 18 Year (2024 Release)
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed
March 7, 2024 (edited September 11, 2024)
6000 bottles, mostly refilled sherry with a french oak refilled wine cask. Interesting.
Always - these are neck pour reviews.
Nose - Oh this is layered. Opening is sweet vanilla with red fruits. Digging deeper you get raspberry gasoline notes. Some hints of confectioner sugar. Clean smoke and touches of salinity.
Taste - So lets just start, absurdly great mouth feel and just overall flavor! I get mixes of red fruits, cheese cake, rich smoke, savory meats. The mix of slightly acidic charred beef tips with red fruits is interesting. It's an interesting mix of cask flavors coming from those odd wine casks they used.
OK - off a neck and first time with this. This is great. Price is 180 pounds I think...I think I paid a bit more given the 6000 bottles. Shipped and what not was about 300 for me lets say. I think this is a pretty decent buy. Not a must buy but it's good.
I'm going to give this a 3.5, but I could go higher. Hoping this will open up a bit to make it better.
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