61,6°
Distillery : Bruichladdich - Islay
Bourbon Barrel
Original Bottling
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2018
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Peated around 40 ppm
Within the Private Cask Bottlings range, there are all kinds of
curiosities at Bruichladdich. And in particular this one, from Port
Charlotte, but distilled with barley from Octomore Farm, which gives an
interesting blend of the two brands from the same distillery. The
maturation was made entirely in Bourbon barrels, it is among the first Port
Charlotte distilled, and only 216 bottles were filled.
Let's Taste It :
Big thick peat, country, grainy, earthy. We're in the hay, the barn, the cattle mooing beside us. Hints of vanilla, cigar smoke. Full ashtray. Beautiful breadth, a touch of iodine, the tide is coming in. Kelp. Pleasant palate, slightly fruity, with yellow apple, spices, cumin, white pepper, curry, very woody. Semi-salted butter. Pistachios and cashew nuts. Quite a long finish, a nice explosion on the palate, without being too violent, it's airy, oatmeal, undergrowth, eucalyptus. Heather.
In Short,
There are good qualities in this bottling, that said, I found that it
was very farmy, and a little monochromatic. It's more Octomore
than Port Charlotte, and like the Octomore .1s, often simple
and rustic. The 2nd Port Charlotte Octomore, only 10 years old, seemed to
me more successful, more nuanced, more divided between Port Charlotte
and Octomore, this one seems more rudimentary to me. It remains a very
good dram, but too expensive for what it is, and without particular
originality.
Score : 89
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