Signatory Straight from the Cask
8.8

Signatory Straight from the Cask

Port Ellen Distillery (Closed 1983)

Aged 24 Years, Burgundy finish

ABV 58.8%

Lots happening here. A complex and highly unusual expression of Port Ellen.

Gavin Smith

Specification

Signatory Straight from the Cask

Brand

Signatory

Bottler

Aged 24 Years, Burgundy finish

Expression

Single Malt

Type

24

Age (Years)

58.8%

ABV

Islay

Region/Country

Independent Bottling

Bottling Type

Tasting Notes

Gavin Smith

Taster

Nose: Sweet and perfumed, plums followed by smoke and cigar boxes.

Palate: Short sweetness, stewed prunes, then dry note of damped-down bonfire.

Finish: Plums and a faint whiff of peat smoke.

Comment: Lots happening here. A complex and highly unusual expression of Port Ellen.

Score: 8.5

Dave Broom

Taster

Nose: Concentrated. Fruit compote, baked fruits, tinned raspberry, cooked plum but with phenolics acting as a counterpoint: tobacco leaf, coal.

Palate: A sweet, winey start then it dries allowing the peat to emerge before relaxing and letting raspberry fruitiness to return. Layered, complex.

Finish: Mellow, winey, a hint of fragrant smoke.

Comment: Audacious but it works. Brilliantly.

Score: 9

8.8
Overall Score

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