Port Charlotte Islay Barley 8 Year Old, American Whiskey & Pessac-Léognan Wine Cask, 2021, 50%

This heavily peated whisky from Bruichladdich is generally peated to 40ppm and is distilled in the same tall stills resulting in a spirit that has both power and elegance. Created to commemorate the Lochindaal distillery, originally called Port Charlotte, which closed in 1929, it was the first spirit distilled by the Murray McDavid team in 2001. This Port Charlotte Islay Barley 2013 was distilled from barley grown on Islay by seven different farms and matured for 8 years in a combination of American whiskey barrels (75%) and first-fill Pessac-Léognan wine casks (25%). It is bottled un-chill filtered and without coloring.