Port Ellen 1982
Age: 24 years
Distilled: October 1982
Bottled: May 2007
Region: Islay
ABV: 59,6 %
Outturn: 509
Cask Type: Sherry Butt
Price per Litre: 221,43 €
Bottled by: The Whisky Fair
Tasting Notes: On the nose, there`s bacon, smoked ham, tar as well as some raisiny aroma combined with green & yellow fruits (apples, pears?). The palate is intense & oily with well-integrated sherryflavours, smoke and tar (again), followed by a "medicinal", sticky sweetness. Due to the maturation in an ex-sherry cask this whisky is rather different from our previous bottlings of Port Ellen, but nevertheless on a pleasantly high drinking level. A pity that this distillery was closed in 1983 and so the numerous young & concentrated spirits of the old days will never return. Fortunately, the quality of some casks increase with age, adding depth & complexity. This one appears to be one of this kind.
Price: 155,- € (incl. 19% VAT)
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