Bruichladdich Port Charlotte 10YO Whisky

This Port Charlotte 10YO is a fabulous, smoky and elegant release by Bruichladdich.  On the nose, smoked chocolate ganache, soft and creamy vanilla fudge, toasted orange peel and sea spray. On the palate, creamy peat notes, charred oak with smouldering bonfire smoke, vanilla shortbread with some refreshing herbal notes. To finish, ginger biscuits, earthy with herbal tea and some balanced peaty smoky notes.

• Distillery: Bruichladdich Distillery
• Style: Peated Single Malt Scotch Whisky
• Region: Isle of Islay, Scotland
• Alcohol: 50%
• Volume: 700ml
• Goes with: Neat or over ice

“This Port Charlotte 10 year old has been conceived, distilled, matured and bottled on Islay alone. We are a young team with deep-rooted values, and an ambition to make the ultimate “Islay” Islay whisky. A whisky made by people not software; a whisky watched over every day of its maturing life by those who made it; a whisky born of a community with a vision and a mission to kick start a single malt whisky revolution, this Port Charlotte 10 year old is who we are. This is where we’re from.” Bruichladdich

Buy this fine Bruichladdich Port Charlotte 10 year old single malt Scotch whisky here in our online liquor store and get delivered direct to your door. We deliver across New Zealand.

Bruichladdich was built by Barnett Harvey in 1881. Five years later, the Bruichladdich Distillery Company was founded and renovation and refurbishment commenced. The ‘Laddie’, as it is affectionately known, is often considered to be the fruitiest, most inventive Islay malt and, indeed, there has been some contention as to whether it has truly attained Islay-status.

The gentle character of the spirit is attributed by some to the milder weather conditions at Bruichladdich's locality, sheltered, as it is, from Mother Nature by the Rhinns, the rugged Islay mountain range. Following the death of the then owner, Barnett’s son William Harvey IV in 1936, the distillery was sold to Joseph Hobbs for the sum of £23,000. Silent for the latter part of the Second World War, Bruichladdich closed its in-house maltings in 1961, bringing malt in from the Islay maltings at Port Ellen. Enjoying good fortunes, further stills were added in 1975 to grapple increasing demand.

The distillery was then purchased by Murray McDavid and the former Bowmore manager, Jim McEwan was brought in as Production Director. Today the range is vast; many cask finishes, or 'ACE'd (additional cask enhancement) whiskies, have been released as well as peated offerings and, following a few successful years, the ‘Laddie’s’ future looks promising.

• Double Gold - 2018 San Francisco World Spirits Competition
  
• Double Gold - 2022 NZ Spirits Awards
  
• 94/100 Points - Falstaff
  
• 93/100 Points - Whisky Advocate
  
• 90/100 Points - CellarTracker
  
• 8/10 Points - Malt Review