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Умеренно дымный, солёно-медицинский Айла с торфяным костром, цитрусами и сладковато-солодовой основой; крепкий и маслянистый для своего возраста, но многие зовут его добротным «повседневным» стандартом, а старые розливы ценят выше поздних.
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В аромате — сильный медицинский дым с морской свежестью и нотой костра, поверх ванили, дубовой пряности, лимона, мяты и лёгкой сладости; у части дегустаторов проступает «деревенская», землистая и навозная сторона с золой. Вкус маслянистый, искристый и на удивление сладкий: мёд, ваниль, цитрус, карамель, засахаренные апельсины и тёплая выпечная пряность при хорошо встроенном спирте; послевкусие средней длины, дымно-цитрусово-медовое, у некоторых суховатое. Хвалят за то, что дым не забивает сладость и фрукты, за силу и маслянистость в юном возрасте и за баланс; критикуют за простоту, стандартность, местами золисто-серную или мыльную ноту и нехватку напора в атаке.
Опытные ревьюеры держатся плотно в диапазоне 84–90 и подчёркивают мощь, маслянистость и морской торф, оценивая напиток выше среднего. Массовые оценки разбросаны шире (от 80–81 до 90, с одним резким провалом 62 из-за избыточного торфа): здесь чаще звучит «крепкий стандарт на каждый день» и разочарование на фоне ожиданий от винокурни. Общее для обеих групп расхождение — партийное: тёмные розливы 2012–2013 годов считают глубже и хереснее, а более светлые 2014-е — проще, с горьковатым послевкусием, что часть критики объясняет именно сменой рецептуры без предупреждения.
Notes made as part of a blind tasting.
Heavy sweet peat, slight sherry sweetness. Port Charlotte is in my opinion much peatier than the South Coast Islays
нос 85 · вкус 85 · финиш 84
нос 88 · вкус 89 · финиш 90
A very nice, powerful bottling that particularly impressed me on the palate. It's also very oily for its young age.
| Нос |
86 |
Strong medicinal smoke, which on the one hand brings a sea freshness, but on the other hand also reminds one of the slightly biting smoky note of a campfire. In addition, and partly behind the smoke: vanilla, oak spice, figs, lemon, mint, applesauce, |
| Вкус |
87 |
Powerful, sparkling attack. Nicely oily and smoky. Well-integrated alcohol. Honey, vanilla, lemon, mint, oak spice, pear, caramel. |
| Финиш |
84 |
Medium-length finish. Smoky, lemon, and honey sweetness linger. |
MEDIUM WEIGHT WITH A TEXTURE THAT IS SMOOTH, STRONG AND SMOKEY. THIS IS A SPIRIT WITH FIRE IN ITS SOUL AND WARMTH IN ITS HEART.
Beautiful, balanced single malt with a pleasant campfire smoke - 22.02.2014
Rated 88 for the older (dark) botteling! The newer bottelings (much lighter color) tend to be much less complex, with a slightly bitter finish.
нос 86 · вкус 87 · финиш 87
Port Charlotte, the we-have-waited-for-you original bottling version. Concerning price/performance ratio: 9/10
Finely peated and fruity (citrus). Faithful to him even all the way. Its good!
A little complex whisky, simple and pleasant to drink. He is a little "young", not very fat and rather austere. 2nd tasting: I found on the contrary that quite fat, greedy and more iodine. Aeration was good!
нос 87 · вкус 85 · финиш 88
A nice whisky typical of the distillery.
I don't know why it feels so young, plenty with refill casks? I have had several Kilchomans that have felt older than this one. The 10 YO cask strength is an amazing dram but this one is not even close, With that said, it is not a bad dram at all but I had expected more based on what Port Charlotte normally delivers. (Rating interval 82-84)
light amber color, peaty and "dirty" nose with a farmer's side (stable, manure) well marked. Mouth fat, a little sweet, easy, peaty, less farmy and more earthy, with a little ash, caramel, citrus. Correct length, but lacks some punch in attack. Simple but very effective, everyone feasted.
Good whisky, very pleasant to drink, but a little standard in the making of the aromatic palette and taste.
нос 85 · вкус 85 · финиш 86
нос 87 · вкус 87 · финиш 90
Nice standard malt as an alternative to the well-known smokers. But I remembered it better.
| Нос |
87 |
From a distance you can smell the juicy smoked ham, but directly the nose smells the malt 'cold' and reserved. The smoke fades into the background, but now there are green herbs (marjoram, thyme) and lemon. Chimney smoke arises with hand warmth. |
| Вкус |
86 |
smoky, spicy, herbaceous, citrus, vanilla |
| Финиш |
85 |
medium length, dry, smoky, citrus |
I bought the bottle in 2013 for Euro 38.- in the online shop.
нос 90 · вкус 90 · финиш 89
Complex and aromatic for a 10yo.
нос 87 · вкус 88 · финиш 86
The 2014 expressions are not the same as the older ones from 2012 and 2013. As this malt is natural coloured, you can distinguish the older ones from the 2014 versions not only by the bottle code, but also by the brighter colour of the 2014 expressions. You can distinguish the older ones from the 2014 versions by the flavour, too: The 2014 expression lacks the deep sherried tones of the older versions. Reading some of the tasting notes, I reckon that some of the notes refer to the later versions of 2014. My point of view is that it's a shame, not to give any hints of the changes made, but sell a different whisky in the same old packaging. The distillery is to blame.
нос 83 · вкус 86 · финиш 82
Beautiful, only moderately smoky Islay malt that has gotten better and better over the years. Standing in the opened bottle is good for it
| Нос |
86 |
Comparatively restrained smoke, not as phenolic-medicinal, more like a campfire or forest fire, which doesn't cover up the sweetness and fruits. Some vanilla and butter toast with lemon glaze |
| Вкус |
90 |
Mild, complex smoke, surprisingly sweet and malty, followed by warm spiciness (baking spices) and candied oranges |
| Финиш |
88 |
Quite long and warming, sweet spiciness lingers |
нос 88 · вкус 90 · финиш 89
earthy smoke, somehow unpleasantly musty, sherry, Christmas spices, dry, dates and orange, "soapy", not mine
This malt opened the world of smoky whiskys with which I had little use before. The special feature of this whisky is that sweet and fruity notes are not covered by the smoke, but rather "flattered". Immediately he is clearly recognizable as Bruichladdich. 89/100
нос 86 · вкус 88 · финиш 88
нос 80 · вкус 87 · финиш 84
Tasty Everyday Malt I would say
It tastes more like ash for me than smoke. And in addition there is a certain amount of sulfur. You have to like it. I like it, but rather than delicious not so deep whisky.
Place: spirits in the sky Leuven
This is autumn stuff. Get ya arse up mate and have some lonely hours in your rotting forest nearby. Rub yourself with all that old rotting wood and mushrooms, eat the fallen leaves, rosehips and brambles. No seriously a very very decent dram totally autumn for me! Slainte
There is a bit too much peat again.
Very nice dram, not intense like Lagavulin 16 or Laphroaig 10 but simple character and good glass of scotch.
нос 90 · вкус 90 · финиш 80
A singular whisky. An exotic nose. Rather pleasant to drink. Only negative point: an unpleasant finale.
Something for every day .........
McEwan era laddie character is well in tact with buttered malt and earthy Laphroaig style peat. It may be a simpler and easier version than the single cask PCs but it represents the major components to the PC style well and it stands up to any other Islay entry level bottle. I expected to be underwhelmed after reading a couple reviews but in fact it`s a tasty addition to my collection.
This whisky is awesome. Between nose, taste and finish is really a switch in taste and thoughts about things. From Farmhouse --> to tabaco to mintyness. Really complex whisky wich needs time to develop and finding out how mutch water you can at. Don't be shy with that!