A sample of one of Port Charlotte’s travel retail expressions. They generally make good stuff, but sometimes the travel exclusive expressions are for experiments gone wrong. Let’s see how this one is.
Minutia: Aged 12 years, I’m pretty sure it saw a Sherry cask at some point, but it’s not explicit on the website. Enjoyed neat in a glencairn.
Color: Old oak, 1.8.
Nose: Smoke. Hot, like red pepper. Something else I don’t know.
Taste: Weird flavor. Gummy candy, indiscriminate flavor. Feels thin almost at times. There’s some heat.
Finish: Malt. Smoke and peat in a big way. Ramps into a fade over a medium-long finish. Bit of brine.
Guess: PC12.
The nose and taste were ok to somewhat interesting, but the finish is superb. You can’t wait to get it out of your mouth, not because it’s gross while there, but because you want that finish again. If only the earlier part of the dram was at that level.
Score: 86
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