Port Charlotte 10 Year Old

Port Charlotte 2002/2012 Malts of Scotland

Okay, this young Port Charlotte matured on a sherrycask and was bottled at a whopping cask strength of 63,1% ABV. Let me run downstairs to the garage to fetch my helmet. This is most likely going to be a rough ride. Peat and sherry is a combination that I have never found easy. Here we go. At first I get all the coastal notes on the nose: salt,...

Score 84/100

Port Charlotte PC6

Nose: less fresh than the 3D3. More smoke, less lemon. The PC6 has a more buttery smell, with notes of mashed potato. Also slightly rubbery and fishy. A lot of peat of course. Charcoal. Wet wool. Some sweeter, fruity notes (apricot and pear), although hard to discover. Anise and burnt vanilla. When you go back to the 3D3, it’s clear that both are...

Score 87/100

Port Charlotte PC8 Ar Duthchas

At 60.5% ABV, this fine dram should pack a punch on the nose... or so you would think. A lesser distillery would present your olfactory machine with aromas which can bet be described as "sting-y" and "anesthetiz-y". Not Port Charlotte. This dram is so smooth on the nose that it makes 60.5% the new 50.5%. The palate of the PC8...

Score 93/100

Port Charlotte An Turas Mor

Bruichladdich's Port Charlotte An Turas Mor is a No Age Statement multivintage product. Many thanks to @WhiskyJoe for giving me the remaining 40% of a bottle, from which this review is taken. I do not know how long the bottle has been open Nose: the intensity of peat and smoke are subtantial here, even with a long opened bottle. The peat combines...

Score 86/100