Port Ellen Distillery (Closed 1983)
ABV 58.8%
Lots happening here. A complex and highly unusual expression of Port Ellen.
Gavin Smith
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
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
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
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