Port Charlotte 2009 9 YO MC:01

Port Charlotte 2009 9 YO MC:01, 56.3 %

A heavily peated release from Bruichladdich Distillery is up now. This whisky has been matured in ex-Marsala casks - more precisely described as European oak ex-Sicilian wine casks. The casks had previously held this fortified wine for nine years.

The Port Charlotte 2009 9 YO MC:01 is a Travel Retail exclusive (remember back in the day when we could travel?).

Nose: Concentrated, complex and balanced. This nose oozes quality. Sugary sweet, deeply fruity, softly smoky and peaty.

Taste: Full bodied and oily in character. Black and white pepper. Dry-ish oakiness. Deeply sweet.

Finish: Long finish. Peat, soot, ashes. Sugary yet not very sweet. Dry yet not quite juicy. Leather, cinnamon and nuts. Rich and complex sweetness in the end.

Comment: Peaty chewing gum with an attitude.

Score 89/100

Sláinte!
-Thomas