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Bruichladdich’s Port Charlotte model just lately dropped a brand new version in its “cask exploration” sequence, and like many the cask in query entails crimson Bordeaux wine. Particularly, PAC:01 spends time in barrels from the Pauillac area.
Some particulars:
The closely peated whisky was distilled on Islay in 2011 and it carries an 8 12 months outdated age assertion, indicating it was truly bottled in 2019. Two parcels had been used to create the completed whiskey. Parcel 1 spent 6 years in 1st fill bourbon duties, then 2 years in 1st fill Pauillac casks. Parcel 2 spent 7 years in 1st fill bourbon casks, then the rest of its life (about 1 12 months) in 2nd fill Pauillac casks.
Now Port Charlotte isn’t a shy whisky, and PAC:01 is not any exception. An excellent, overwhelming peat smoke be aware is straight away evident on the nostril, providing a mixture of maritime, iodine, and wooden fireplace notes. A citrus peel nuance is nonetheless evident regardless of this aggressive assault — and it’s far more current on the tongue, the place quite a lot of fruit notes instantly pop. Cherries, peaches, and that orange ingredient are all energetic right here, although most have the impression of being well-charred over a peat fireplace. Delicate it’s not, with an intense seaweed and seashore bonfire character on the end, albeit filtered barely by that ever-present citrus character. Altogether it’s a full-flavored expertise albeit a bit one be aware compared to among the prior bottlings within the sequence.
110.2 proof.
B+ / $130
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Bruichladdich Port Charlotte PAC:01 2011
$130
