Jim McEwan Signature Collection 6.2 Port Charlotte 2011 1st Fill Bourbon Barrel, 11 years old

Jim McEwan Signature Collection 6.2 Port Charlotte 2011 1st Fill Bourbon Barrel, 11 years old

Distilled on 15th June 2011 this whisky spent its whole 11-year life maturing in cask #2125. This maturation took place in a 1st fill bourbon cask from Jack Daniels.

Bottled in February 2023 as Release 6.2 of the Jim McEwan Signature Collection, like all bottlings within the collection, it was bottled un-chill filtered, with no added colour, and at natural cask strength of 60.2% (as we always say, Jim would have it no other way!), it yielded only 209 bottles.

£265 (£220.83 ex. VAT)

Tasting notes from Jim McEwan MBE

Colour - Harvest Gold

Aromas - Opens beautifully on a brilliant combination of peat embers & a spicy sweetness encapsulated in a cradle of sweet mellow oak with a drift of the Ocean bringing a freshness seldom found in many whiskies matured full term by the Atlantic.

Palate - The sweetness of the malted barley works wonderfully with the spiciness from the bourbon soaked staves. Add to that peat fire embers and the marine overture all held in a halo of mellow oak. It envelopes the taste buds like a warm peat fire on a stormy night as the wind and rain batters the Island. It’s a must have dram for the disciples of single malts hand crafted by Islanders who add the Islay DNA to the spirits they distil with pride and passion!