Details

This Bruichladdich (Port Charlotte) is one of only 63 bottles available in the premiumised Octave range.
Distilled back in 2001, and bottled 2020.
Cask No: #9726065

Notes from Duncan Taylor PRE Octave (ie before it was put into Octave cask):
Colour - Pale gold.
Nose - Sea air with a peat fire in the distance, sour cider apples, a little preserved lemon and dried grass.
Palate - Hay, salted butter and aniseed, lean and salty, a little leafy black tea, quite earthy
Finish - Green wet peat and some burnt herbs, slightly resinous, finished with a warming sweetness and a hint of salt.

This release (after Octave):
Colour - Old gold.
Nose - A light whiff of peat, sweet malt, fruity with melon and green fruits, a little milky coffee.
Palate - Baked apple with raisins, butter and cinnamon, soft plumes of peat smoke, coastal, sweet lime juice.
Finish - Long and clean with persistent briny notes, quite earthy and punchy, drier than on the palate with a touch of white pepper.

Ideally paired with Islay Chocolate from Chocisky.

Distilled at Bruichladdich Whisky Distillery, bottled by Duncan Taylor.