Three days of far too much food and drink are slowly coming to an end. I got to enjoy three very nice Islay whiskies, starting on the south coast with the wonderful Laphroaig PX Cask before moving to the west coast with the Kilchoman Batch Strength. For the final one we’re staying on the Rhinns of Islay, but move to the shores of Loch Indaal:
I decided to dig into my collection of Bruichladdich Distillery Valinches, which almost exclusively consists of the Port Charlotte variety. The one I ended up with is bottle 129/376 of the PAC: 02 2010 The Distillery Valinch Port Charlotte Heavily Peated Islay Single Malt. It was matured in a 2nd fill Pauillac Hogshead for 11 years. Had some chocolate with it of course, although I’ve run out of Islay chocolate for now (the remaining ones I’m keeping for the New Year), so it was some 85% dark chocolate from a German supermarket starting with the 12th letter of the alphabet. Very enjoyable, in particular the whisky, smoky and fiery.
