Port Ellen

11th Release, 1979, 32 Years Old

Port Ellen

ABV: 52.5%

Age: 32 Years Old

Year Bottled: 2011

Style: Single Malt

Country: Scotland

Region: Islay

Bottling: Port Ellen

Overall
Score

9.0

Tasting Notes

Nose

Sweet, medicinal, buttery and floral. Damp tweed and ginger. Sootier with time.

Palate

Soft, gently spiced, with summer fruits and digestive biscuits. Mildly medicinal as well.

Finish

Very long and warming, with hazelnuts and drifting peat smoke.

Comment

Another shining example of shrewd cask selection.

Taster Score

9.0

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Signatory

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7.6

Signatory

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