Port Charlotte Heavily Peated Islay Barley 2014 is a single malt Scotch whisky from Bruichladdich Distillery on Islay. Made exclusively with malted barley grown and harvested on Islay, it is peated to 40 PPM and aged for 7 years. The maturation was completed 84% in first fill bourbon casks, 8% in second fill virgin oak, and 8% in second fill Bordeaux wine casks. It's bottled at 50% ABV without chill-filtration.
Warming on the palate, the whisky again kicks off with lovely sweetness, more honey and acidic lemon pepper infusing a silky, oily body. Notes of ginger and baked apples work well with growing elements of cinnamon and dried apricots, all filtered through a wholly approachable campfire-driven smokiness, finishing on a note of binchotan charcoal that is tempered by a modest touch of salty sea spray.
A peaty and lightly leathered nose, bits of a chemical aroma, like an inflatable pool toy thatÂ’s just been opened. The whisky also contains some sweet notes, vanilla and honey.