PORT CHARLOTTE - SC:01 - Vintage 2012 - 55.2%
Bruichladdich Distillery is located on the island of Islay , Scotland . It produces Single Malts whiskeys under three labels: Bruichladdich, Port Charlotte and Octomore . The distillery also makes The Botanist Gin. The distillery was built in 1881 by the Harvey brothers. After family disputes, William Harvey ran the business until a fire in 1934 and his death in 1936. Over the following decades it changed hands several times and was finally closed in 1994. In 2000 Bruichladdich was acquired by a group of investors led by Mark Reynier of Murray McDavid (also known today for his Waterford whiskeys in Ireland). The entire distillery has been dismantled and rebuilt, although it retains its Victorian equipment, it is gravity fed and has no computer controlled processes. In 2012, the company was acquired by Rémy Cointreau . The Bruichladdich distillery attaches great importance to the origin of the barley in its production and marketing.
The Bruichladdich range is unpeated, heavily peated expressions are released as Port Charlotte and the Octomore series is a limited edition series with the highest peat levels of any Single Malt.
The Port Charlotte SC:01 is the fifth edition of the distillery's "Cask Exploration" series, created to showcase the influence of wood on heavily peated alcohol. This limited edition was distilled in 2012 from Islay barley of the Concerto, Propino, Publican and Oxbridge varieties. Three batches of heavily peated Port Charlotte spirits created this edition. The first batch consists of Sherry casks transferred to first fill Sauternes casks. The second batch comes from casks of second fill American whiskey re-cast into casks of second fill Sauternes. The third batch is a combination of first and second fill American whiskey casks reconditioned into first fill Sauternes casks.
Peaty (40ppm)
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