Port Charlotte 10 Year Old 2001 Malts of Scotland

This Port Charlotte was also bottled for the Islay Whisky Dinner 2012 gebotteld by Malts of Scotland. It would seem there are quite a few casks of this Ileach maturing in the Paderborn warehouses. This is their 9th PC already. I tasted their previous one only last September.

The nose is farmy and sweet. Stable, wet hay, big peat. The sherry casks delivers beeswax, leather, walnuts, but the typical coastal elements of Port Charlotte easily dominate. Adding water makes the sweetness go away and turn it into goat cheese. Has to be your cup of tea, I guess.

The attack is powerful, but very creamy. Softer than expected. Big on smoke with wonderful touches of oak. Smoked bacon. The sherry sweetness comes forward now. Oranges, sultanas and some dades. Apricots, too. With water it is a little less sweet. This is good stuff!

The finish is long, spicy and a bit salty.

I am not a big fan of Port Charlotte, but this one makes me happy. Around 85 EUR. Thanks for the sample, Jeroen.

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