The name pretty much says it all: Heavily Peated. Now, if you’re like me and love peated whiskies, then you’ll love this offering from Bruichladdich. The standard Bruichladdich is unpeated, which allows full access for the sea salt notes and earthiness and fruit to come through. This isn’t that. The peat is quite strong and subdues any other flavors. Now I will say that if you have the “Classic Laddie” before trying this, you will pick up a lot of the underlying notes in the Port Charlotte. And once you do that you’ll always be able to spot them which makes this whisky better. So the fruitiness is there if you look for it and the nose has this floral sweetness that is nice. Now, when you heavily peat a whisky, you better know what you’re doing and Bruichladdich definitely does. For anyone who loves Islay whiskies knows that each distillery offered a different smoke profile in their whiskies. In this heavily peated whisky, Bruichladdich seamed to capture the essence of each one. You get that bright campfire smoke from Ardbeg and Laphroaig, hearty and sweet peatiness from Lagavulin and Caol Ila, a fruity smoke from Bowmore, and a youthful herbaceous smoke from Kilchoman. This whisky truly does capture the peatiness of all Islay whiskies while throwing in some of its own flare in the fruity undertones.