Dram of the "day": PC 6

I thought I would continue on the peat train. It is pretty cold outside and nothing really warms me up quite like a nice peated scotch. So I thought I would pour a little of the Port Charlotte 6. This is a great scotch for several reasons, beyond the fact that it just tastes great. Let's start with it's age, it is in fact, get this, six years old. Bet you never would have guessed that. So it is a young scotch, which is a divergence from older is better line of thought. The other thing is unusual is that this is a heavily peated scotch from Bruichladdich. Bruichladdich usually is a fairly lightly to not at all peated scotch. The PC series (and the Octomore) are not subtle.

Bruichladdich PC6
The first thing you smell when you bring the glass to your nose is the smoke of the peat.The flavors are rich and malty with added raisin notes from the Madeira finish. It is big and brash at 60% abv, but it is also smooth, creamy and chewy. The finish lingers and draws you back to take another taste and try to figure out what the other flavors are. Is there some vanilla in there lurking on the bottom? Maybe a little sea air? Maybe some earthiness. Oh, there is the raisin again.