Archives Port Charlotte 2001

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Bottlings of Port Charlotte over 10 years of age are rare, and only seem to crop up with Independent bottlers. This cask is a 16-year-old, bottled at 59.7% from an Ex-Bourbon Barrel. Only 18 bottles from this Archives "The Fishes of Samoa" line are coming to Alberta! 

Andrew’s Tasting Note

Nose: creamed honey sprinkled in sea salt; firm wood-smoke, scallops poaching in butter, shortbread cookies and morning aromas in a French bakery; salted Dutch licorice and bright lemon-citrus tones.

Palate: briny, medicinal and smoky; vanilla icing, salted caramel and tarry ropes; candied fennel, more Dutch licorice and loads of spice: baked cloves, cinnamon hearts and candied ginger; the peat is much more firm on the palate than nose, tarry, medicinal and smoky; the honey, vanilla and citrus fruits are there too, but firmly in the back seat.

Finish: long, smoky, briny and medicinal; honey and vanilla cream hold it all back and return to the fore as the bolder elements fade away.

Comment: Port Charlotte at 16 years, lots of layers and complexity, but the bold smoky malt you all love is still there!

About the Label: The Fishes of Samoa: “The picture of the Ola Fish was drawn by M.E. Bloch over 200 years ago in “Allgemeine Naturgescichte der Fische.” - 

700 ml