2021 24 Days of Whisk(e)y - Day 17

Friday!!! Down to the home stretch of 24 Days of Whisk(e)y ... Day 17! Today, we have from Bruichladdich, 10 Year Port Charlotte Heavy Peated Islay Single Malt, coming in at 50% ABV. I'm looking forward to some of the whisk(e)ys I have coming up - let's see how this one is.

On the nose, I get smoke, peat, fresh cut grass, cinnamon, mint and some floral notes. The taste, I find caramel, sweet orange, earth, smoke, chocolate, and some wood. The finish is candy sweet, wood, savory tail end... and lingers for quite some time.

With water - nose has a little more peat, sweeter on the taste, more spicy tingle on the finish. This one is really good. Same ball park as Ardbeg Uigeadail, but maybe not quite as flavorful overall - certainly worth keeping around. Rated 4.25 / 5.0