Port Charlotte 15 Years Old Spirit of Islay Private Bottling Cask 1161 60.2% 2002

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Distillery Bruichladdich
Bottler Whiskybroker
Serie Private Bottling
Bottled for Spirit of Islay
Distilled date 08.11.2002
Bottling date 01.05.2018
Country Scotland
Region Islay
Age 15
Cask Type Refill Sherry Hogshead
Cask Number 1161
Alcohol percentage 60.2%
Volume 0,75
Condition NO Original Container Included
Label Perfect
Stock 0

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Serge Valentin (91)

I think the good people behind this bottle know a thing or two about Islay and its whiskies, as I could observe for myself in the past.…

Colour: gold. I mean, serious gold.

Nose: I don’t know if the word ‘immaculate’ means much in the case of a sherry hogshead, but I would still use it. Lemon curd, custard, seawater, and this thing you should absolutely taste one day, Corsican citron liqueur. And then, a wide range of tinier aromas, cigarettes, quinces, wulong, Grisons meat, cigars, the obligatory old walnuts, dried apricots… Between us, I find this rather stunning. With water: it’s not that it changes much, it just gets a tad easier. Well done.

Mouth (neat): exceptionally well balanced, which doesn’t happen very often with peat plus sherry. Of course we all know legendary hyper-sherried peaters, old Laphroaigs and such, but I wouldn’t say those are or were the norm. Anyway, this works a treat, with more walnuts, oranges, tobacco, and this luminous almost lemony smokiness that everyone loves. Light toffee too. With water: hurray! Splendid saltiness – you would almost believe someone added real salt – plus tobacco, dried fruits such as quinces and apricots, figs, a wee drop of Worcester sauce… Well all is well (oh, S.!)

Finish: long, salty, with just a little more bitterness. Or even more tobacco and walnuts if you like.

Comments: bang, serious stuff here! You could have called the anti-maltoporn brigade, they’re getting a bit rusty these days.


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