PORT CHARLOTTEISLAY BARLEY -HEAVILY PEATED ISLAY SINGLE MALT
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JIM MCEWANHEAD DISTILLER
NOSE
TOTALLY DISARMING CONSIDERING THE AGE OF THE SPIRIT. IT OPENS WITH BRACKEN AND BLUEBELLS, THEN THE WARM CRISP PEAT-DRIED BARLEY WITH THE SMOKINESS DRIFTING SENSUOUSLY FROM THE GLASS SHADOWED BY A SALT SEA BREEZE. THE BRILLIANT AROMA OF TOASTED OAK SUGARS COMBINES WITH THE SUCCULENT SOFT FRUITS FROM SLOW DISTILLATION. YOU WILL FIND GUAVA, PAPAYA AND KIWI WITH A SQUEEZE OF LEMON. IT’S FEISTY, IT’S FRESH, IT’S SMOKY, SWEET, MINTY AND MARINE.
PALATE
THE WARMTH OF THE SPIRIT IS IMPRESSIVE, NOT AGGRESSIVE. IT’S INCREDIBLE. YOU HAVE THE DRYNESS OF THE PEAT SMOKE TOGETHER WITH SOFT FRUITS SPLASHED WITH SEA SPRAY, ALL HELD IN A CRUNCHY BASKET OF CARAMELISED WOOD SUGARS SPRINKLED WITH LEMON AND PEPPER. A SPIRIT THAT IS 100% ISLAY IS A RARE AND SPECIAL TO EXPERIENCE. ALSO SHINING THROUGH IS THE ARTISANAL SKILL OF OUR DISTILLERS WHO, USING THE ORIGINAL VICTORIAN EQUIPMENT, ARE CREATING THE MOST EXCITING SINGLE MALTS IN THE WORLD TODAY.
MOOD
ENJOY YOUR SPIRITUAL VISIT TO ISLAY, THIS MAGICAL ROCK IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WHERE OUR SINGLE MALTS SLEEP TO THE SOUND OF THE SEA.
PORT CHARLOTTE ISLAY BARLEY REPRESENTS A MILE-STONE. FOR THE FIRST TIME, PERHAPS IN THE ISLAND’S HISTORY, A HEAVILY-PEATED SINGLE MALT HAS BEEN DISTILLED USING ISLAY-GROWN BARLEY.
THE WIND DRIVEN RAIN THAT LASHES ISLAY’S FIELDS, AND THE ATLANTIC AIR BREATHED BY THE CASKS AS THEY MATURE BY THE SHORES OF LOCH INDAAL, GIVES THE WHISKY ITS SIGNATURE SALTY, CITRUS TANG.
THE FIRST PORT CHARLOTTE ISLAY BARLEY
©2014 BRUICHLADDICH DISTILLERY CO. LIMITED.,BRUICHLADDICH® PORT CHARLOTTE SCOTCH WHISKY, 50% ALC./VOL., PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY.
CHARACTER
ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS, NOTHING LACKING NOTHING TO ADD. IT IS YOUNG, CONFIDENT, ZESTY AND ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTFUL. THE TEXTURE IS SMOOTH, SUCCULENT AND STIMULATING.
COLOUR
GILDED LILY.
FINISH
PARTING FROM A SPECIAL ONE IS NEVER EASY, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE ENJOYED THEIR COMPANY, LINGERING WITH EVERY DROP IN THE GLASS. KICK BACK AND RELAX - THE AROMATICS AND FLAVOURS WILL STAY WITH YOU FOR SOME TIME.