Christmas Eve goes back to the distillery on the Isle of Skye. Talisker and the Port finish version. Bottled at the usual Talisker strength of 45.8% ABV and not available for around the £60 mark in the UK.
When researching for this bottle today I realised I used to own a bottle of this back 6 years ago. You can check out what I thought then at: Talisker Port Ruighe and other Taliskers at Talisker.
I didn’t sound massively bothered about it 6 years ago but as I sit nosing this and writing these words at the same time it immediately feels a very different dram in this sample over the last third of the bottle I was describing then.
Another interesting point is I have always pronounced this as Port Rouge not sure why. Stupidity probably but it is actually pronounced Port Ree. Also Ruighe isn’t even anything to do with Red but its Gaelic for hill. The Port part though is to do with the Port finish and not the thing you drop your boat off at. Its a bit of a play on words though clearly.
Tasting Notes
| Colour | Gingernut biscuits |
| Nose | Jammy specifically strawberry and fizzy sweets. A bag of Haribo from Halloween. A funky cheese |
| Palate | Brine and a funky seaweed note again. Orange chocolate. overall sweet |
| Finish | Coffee and chocolate, more tangerine than chocolate and some grapefruit with sugar over the top. overall sour |
Where Can I Buy?
Amazon – https://amzn.to/49719yd
Final Thoughts
Much more interesting and nicer than what I was vibing on 6 years ago. It’s a sweet and sour melody of contradictions. Definitely an odd funky mouldy note in there I can’t quite put my finger on as well.
Malted 
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