Port Charlotte 10 Year Old Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml)

This Port Charlotte 10 Year Old Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky has been conceived, distilled, matured and bottled on Islay alone. A whisky made by people not software; from growing the barley to maturing the spirit in oask casks, a whisky watched over every day of its maturing life by those who made it; a whisky born of a community with a vision and a mission to kick start a single malt whisky revolution. Ageing for 10 years on the shores of Lochindaal has had a profound effect on this spirit. Like sunshine on a winters day, this Port Charlotte 10 brings clarity and lightens the mood, welcoming and brightening the future.

As of 2020, Bruichladdich Distillery is proud to be the first whisky and gin distilling company in Europe to become a certified B Corporation. BCorp certified means meeting the stringent standards of social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency. 

Nose:
The smoke is calmed by the marine, ozone character, time has brought a balance, a harmony in the combination of oak, smoke and spirit. While the smoke is always discernible on the nose it is dry, earthy, peatash in its style and so allows the oak to come forward with waves of golden caramel, fudge, vanilla custard, hints of ginger, nutmeg and clove. There is citrus fruit, coaxed from the glass with a drop of water, gentle lemon meringue and clementine. Breathe deeply and the floral aromas of wild thyme, heather and sea pink bring you to this Atlantic coast.

Palate:
On the palate there is a noticeable delicacy and softness in texture and style. Again, the balance of flavour is superb as the smoke wraps loosely around the sweetness drawn from deep within the oak. Coconut, vanilla custard, lemon honey combines with smoked oysters and sun-baked salty sand.

Finish:
The finish is sublime, smoky sure, but also the soft sweetness of fudge and malted barley, orange, mango and banoffee pie hinting of the depth and quality of the oak. The many layers interchange on each sip. As the smoke comes and goes so too the notes of the spirit, ripe apple and apricot, beautifully intertwined with malt and oak sweetness and that typical port charlotte style dry smoke.

About the Producer:
Port Charlotte single malts are peated to a heavyweight 40PPM. Trickle distilled through tall, narrow necked still, the resulting rich and aromatic spirit has all the power of peat with the elegance and finesse for which the stills are famous.
Port Charlotte spirits are matured all their life in the distillery’s warehouses on the side of Loch Indaal, meaning they gradually respond to the sea air and unique seasonal changes of Scotland’s west coast. Each cask is carefully watched over by the team, before being bottled in the Harvey Hall, using Islay spring water.

Awards:
San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2018 - Double Gold