Port Charlotte 2003 Skene Reserve

Type
Single Malt

Bottler
Skene

Distillery
Port Charlotte

Bottling Series
Skene Reserve

Vintage
2003

Stated Age
14 years-old

Bottled
2017

Outturn
90

Cask Number
17/642

Strength
60.4% abv

Cask Type
Ex-Bordeaux Red Wine Cask

Cask Strength
yes

Colouring
no

Single Cask
yes

Core Range
no

Flavour Profile

Ash

Black Pepper

Brown Sugar

Caramel

Cigar Wrapper

Dark Chocolate

Iodine

Mixed Herbs

Peat

Red Apple

Red Wine

Sea Salt

Smoke

Smoked Meat

Soot

Wood Spice

Tasting Notes

Nose

Caramel infused peat, BBQ smoked meat and oak embers, red apples cooked in red wine, sea salt and iodine. There's the typical mixed herbs we find in Port Charlotte and Octomore - not as obvious as other bottlings. Slight sulphur note, but this dissipates after a few minutes in the glass.

Palate

Sweet caramel with hints of burnt sugar, oak embers, smoked wood spices, sea salt, cracked black pepper and mixed herbs. There's a big ashy note with hints of cigar wrapper and dark cholocate.

Finish

Medium - long, more wood spices, mixed herbs and salt. There is a slight fizz on the tongue that leaves an ashy flavour that lingers then tales off to a salted caramel note.

Overall

A great Port Chartlotte as many of them are. Probably for the more serious peat fans, this bottling is dominated by strong ashy/ember notes which some may not like but there is a nice balance of sweetness too. Tasting without water.

Worth a try for sure - this limited bottling is hitting high prices at auction already so might be difficult to find under £250-£300.

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