Port Askaig 28 year old / 45.8% / 0.7l

Port Askaig is not a distillery, but merely a whisky brand from the portfolio of Specialty Drinks Ltd., founded by Sukhinder Singh, owner of The Whisky Exchange.

It bears the name of the ferry port on the Isle of Islay located near the Caol Ila Distillery, and debuted in 2009. We do not know which distillery on the island is behind the Port Askaig brand, many whisky connoisseurs believe it is Caol Ila (we recently heard that this brand is associated with more than one distillery). Single malt Port Askaig is always bottled without chill filtration and with a natural color. The 28-year-old version presented here is a limited edition (3,000 bottles) released in spring 2019 for Europe and Asia. The whisky came from refilled American oak hogshead casks.

Nose: sea breeze, tarred ropes, forest floor, menthol cigarettes, vanilla, pine needles, lemon pepper, lapsang souchong tea, oak and peat.

Palate: cigar ash, ginger, pepper, dried herbs, lapsang souchong tea, salted peanuts, orange peel, coconut flakes, notes of vanilla, cinnamon and oak.

Finish: medium long, peat and ash, sea salt, pepper, lemon peel, grapefruit, hay and oak.