2010 Bruichladdich MRC:01 Port Charlotte Heavily Peated Cask Strength Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml)

Part of Bruichladdich's cask exploration series showcasing the influence of wood on their heavily peated spirit: Port Charlotte MRC:01 is distilled from barley from the Invernesshire region. This sweet and fruity spirit has spent time in first fill x Bourbon casks and second fill French wine casks. The components have been combined and matured for an extra year in the finest French oak from the Bordeaux left bank.

Notes from Bruichladdich... Certainly warming at 59.2%, lively and sweet with icing sugar and marshmallow, bound in smoke. There is a rush to capture all that is taking place. Sweet red fruit and peat smoke melt away slightly as the power of the oak comes through with tobacco leaf and toasted oak. Maple syrup, pecan and coffee are complimented by hints of orange and cooked peach. There is a complexity here that didn’t seem possible on the first sip. As you go back to the glass that initial rush of flavour has become a more complete experience. Nowthere is salt spray, dry smoke and the oak is more prominent, raspberry and plum combine with vanilla and butterscotch.... Lively, sunny, rosy, a wonderful experience and superb combination of fruit laden French oak, strong peat smoke and Islay maturation. 59.2% Alc./Vol.