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)

Cask exploration 玩桶系列作品, 同時都係眾多作品中較多好評既其中一支,
有別於之前MRC:01 講明用Mouton桶, 今次只係講用Bordeaux Pauillac的紅酒桶
先係Bourbon桶熟成6年, 再轉到Pauillac桶Finish 2年 (?), 最後以40ppm入樽

還是循例講聲, Pauillac只係波爾多其中一個region, 當中當然有不少名酒莊,
但其實下至超市一舊水的Wine, 上至Lafite, Latour, 都可以係under Pauillac,
所以用Pauillac桶並不能代表桶本身來自好酒莊
只係從PC往績, WB評分同師兄的TN睇, 味道等都相當對辦

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Official tasting note for reference (extract, 原文太長):

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.