Port Ellen 27 years old 1983-2010 Douglas Of Drumlanrig / 46% / 0.7l

Port Ellen Distillery ceased operations in May 1983. The distilling equipment was removed and the buildings were eventually demolished, leaving only a few warehouses.

Everyone was probably surprised by Diageo’s announcement in October 2017 that the distillery would be rebuilt and distilling would resume in 2020. Port Ellen editions are at the top of every whisky collector’s and connoisseur’s list, and there’s no sign of interest waning. Port Ellen 27 years old, presented here, is a proposal from Langside Distillers (a Douglas Laing & Co subsidiary) in the Douglas of Drumlanrig series. Distilled in February 1983, the whisky was aged in a refill hogshead cask and bottled at 46% abv. The edition consisted of 198 bottles.

Aroma: peat and brine, clam juice, beach sand washed by ocean waves, lemon peel, grapefruit, pepper, a bit of hay, notes of leather and oak.

Palate: peat smoke, lemon jam, green apples, grapefruit, salted almonds, candied ginger, lemongrass, traces of licorice and oak.

Finish: long, peat, sea salt, lemon peel, almonds, traces of hay and oak.