Port Charlotte - 2011 PAC: 01, 56.1% (WB 89.17)

Port Charlotte

Port Charlotte 2011 PAC: 01, 56.1% (WB 89.17)

Type : Single malt whisky
Vintage: 2011
Bottled : 2021
Cask : French Red Wine cask finish
Age : 8YO (stated age) / 9YO (calculated age)
Strength : 56.1% vol.
Content : 700ml

Whiskybase: 89.17 pts (79 votes as at 2021.6.4)

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Official tasting note for reference (extract, the original text is too long):

Nose:
Lots of fresh, fruit aromas mingle with the dry peat smoke to entice you into the dram, from the oak comes spices - cloves, ginger and cassia, along with chocolate, toasted malt with toffee, brown sugar and delicate coconut and vanilla notes.

Palate:
As the first drop touches your tongue a wave of flavours sweep across the palate, the sweetness from the oak and malt lead, followed by smoke, citrus and dried fruit notes.

Finish:
The peat smoke comes through on the finish with a more medicinal phenol style. Coconut and floral notes waver and a saline marine element combine with the earthy smoke in the classic Port Charlotte style. The softness of the oak and the minerality of the spirit become wrapped in smoke, a familiar signature to this dram.