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Port Ellen 35 Year Old 1978 Old & Rare

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Port Ellen 35 Year Old 1978 Old & Rare

$2,350.27

Quantity

ABV:	56.5%
Age:	35 Year Old
Vintage:	1978
Cask Type:	Single butt
Bottler:	Hunter Laing & Co.
Region:	Islay
Type:	Single Malt Scotch
Volume:	70cl

Description

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Port Ellen 35 Year Old 1978 vintage Islay single malt Scotch whiskey. Single cask sherry butt expression of the lost Scottish distillery. Bottled October 2013 by Hunter Laing & Co. for the Old & Rare series. 231 bottles.

Tasting Notes

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A full bodied nose of earthy peatiness with a touch of iodine and sea salt. Initially sweet on the palate with peat coming through, a definite honey note takes over giving a smooth mouth feel. The finish is long and lingering with the peat fading slowly and the honey giving a pleasant aftertaste.

Distillery

Port Ellen Distillery

Port Ellen Single Malt Whiskey

Port Ellen Distillery was established by Alexander K. Mackay on the southern coast of the Isle of Islay at Port Ellen in 1825. Port Ellen was a malt whisky distillery but closed in 1983 and whilst some of the distillery buildings remain Port Ellen drum maltings occupy part of the site. During the winter of 1823-24 James Fox tested his newly designed spirit safe at Port Ellen Distillery prior to its introduction in all Scottish licenced distilleries by 1825 in order to comply with enactment of the Excise Act of 1823. Thus Port Ellen Distillery was the first Scottish distillery to install a spirit safe and James Fox was paid £428 for his work. Official bottlings of Port Ellen single malt whisky include the Port Ellen Annual Release and independent release from Hunter Laing & Co. are highly prized.