Lot ID: 110163
Port Ellen 1st Release (Diageo Special Release)
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The first in Diageo's series of popular annual Port Ellen bottlings, using the remaining stocks of this closed and demolished distillery. The distillery has now been re-built and is due to open once again in the next year.
Read More About the Port Ellen distilleryEstablished on Islay's south coast in 1825 by A K Mackay and Co., Port Ellen is reputed to have been the first distillery to have incorporated Septimus Fox's spirit safe design into the distillation process.
Port Ellen was closed in the slump of 1983, but the whisky made in the 17 or so years between its re-opening and final closure has acquired a reputation as some of the finest to have been made on Islay in that time. Following two outstandingly successful Rare Malt bottlings in 1998 and 2000, Diageo has released an official bottling of Port Ellen every year since 2001, although it is presently unknown how many more of these bottlings will be forthcoming as stocks get lower. There have also been myriad independent bottlings, particularly from Signatory and Douglas Laing.
Port Ellen is a versatile malt, with considerable differences of style evident between different bottlings. Some sherry-casked Port Ellen can be beautifully rich, spicy, sweet and leathery; bourbon and refill casks often show a more austere, peppery medium-weighted style. Common characteristics, though,are a high level of peatiness and, in the best examples, a phenomenal complexity which Islay fans adore. For these reasons Port Ellen has become one of the most sought-after of the lost distilleries by collectors, investors and aficionados.
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Distillery:
- Vintage: 1979
- region: Islay
- Size: 700ml
- type: Single Malt Whisky
- age: 20-29 Years Old
- Number of Bottles: 6000
- strength: 56.20%
- Distillery Status: Operational
- Shipping Weight: 2.00 KG
- Location: Hong Kong
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