Product description
Port Ellen Distillery produced whisky from 1825 to 1929.
In 1967, after a general renovation, it resumed production, but it could not withstand the crisis in the industry in the 1970s and in 1983 it distilled for the last time (Port Ellen was the smallest of the three DCL distilleries on the Isle of Islay). In the 1990s, Port Ellen was one of the most frequently mentioned whiskies in the offers of independent bottlers, which today can only be remembered with fondness. The Port Ellen 1979 presented here was bottled in 1995 by Gordon & MacPhail for Giuseppe Meregalli, an Italian importer based in Milan.
Nose : peat and minerals, sea breeze, damp sand and gravel, tarred ropes, white pepper, salted caramel, licorice, lemons, grapefruits and a trace of pencil shavings.
Palate: sweet-salty-smoky, vanilla, caramel, toffee, salted nuts, lemons, white pepper, licorice, seaweed salad, lemongrass and oak.
Finish : quite long, with notes of peat smoke, caramel, roasted nuts and almonds, ginger, licorice and a pinch of salt.