Port Charlotte50abvConcerto

W – Tasted on 13 Mar 24

“We believe in barley, in its origins and its provenance. To us, barley is the essence of single malt whisky”

Islay Concerto720122013

Pessac-Leognan8

Islay

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700ml

50%

Islay grown barley,100% Islay Concerto barley,brings so much complexity to the character in this whisky.Distilled in 2013 from the 2012 harvest, by seven of Islay farming partners.
The peat smoke in this Port Charlotte is, as ever, beautifully evocative of that traditional Islay style. Purity from the distillation and complexity of maturation brings all the components together with harmony and balance.
Aging for 8 years,matured in ex-American and ex-wine casks hailing from the Pessac-Leognan region of France.Colouring free.

Region:
Islay

Origin:
Scotland,United Kingdom

Type:
Whisky (Single Malt)

Volume:
700ml

ABV:
50%

Tasting Notes:
Colour:
Pale gorse flowers

Nose:
Delicate floral notes of lily and geranium before warm orange zest and dried earthy peat smoke brings body and gravity. Banoffee pie and digestive biscuit come out from behind the peat smoke.
Cherry coconut and malted barley counterbalance apricot and melon. Sweet and enticing; the oak and the outstanding peppery phenolic notes are balanced perfectly with the fruit and floral style.

Palate:
All at once the salinity, ripe fruit, light peat smoke, and sweet oak show their presence in a whirl of complexity. There is great texture from the spirit and its maturation allows a subtle almond note to combine with coconut, caramel, vanilla, and muscovado sugar. The peat smoke is beautifully balanced.

Finish:
The smoke, fruit, oak and floral notes melt into each other, and a beautiful creamy texture allows melon, peach and cherry to come through before dwindling into the dry embers of peat in the hearth.