Port Ellen Distillery (Closed 1983)
ABV: 43%
Age: 22 Years Old
Year Bottled: 2002
Style: Single Malt
Country: Scotland
Region: Islay
Overall
Score
7.6
Nose
Lean, green olive/sap with a belch of kiln smoke behind. Water shows immense smokiness: tarry ropes, sea thrift, fishermen's jumpers and a little burst of citrus.
Palate
Direct, dry. More of the kiln than the seashore. Oily.
Finish
Smoky, dry.
Comment
The smokier of the two, but doesn't have the roundness and complexity of the '78.
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