Port Ellen 1979 | 22 Year Old Special Releases 2001

Port Ellen 1979 | 22 Year Old Special Releases 2001Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery Bottling 70cl 56. 2% Released 16 years ago in 2001 this is the first of the Port Ellen Special Releases. Distilled in 1979 and bottled as a 22 year old this is by far the most desirable Port Ellen annual releases. These first releases are becoming increasingly hard to find nowadays and it's for sure they're not making anymore! Please note there's a very small nick in the label. Attributes Distillery Port

it's still the last 1950 vintage Macallan that G&M have bottled

Another distillery that makes a very sound and tasty malt but which has rarely gotten the recognition it perhaps deserves

an old and now obsolete term denoting long-aged whisky

A very inviting 1980 Balblair bottled by Gordon & MacPhail close to 33 years later in 2013

generally a higher malt content

Bottling Year 1995 Bottle Size 70cl ABV 40% Pre-Owned Yes

Glenmorangie 1963 matured for 23 years in the distillery's standard bourbon casks before being reracked for a final year in Oloroso sherry casks and was a small batch bottled at 43%

Cask Number 2488

A rare old dumpy bottle of 12 year Auchentoshan

700ml / 40%

buttery and rich

matured in cask number 3148 and bottled in 2010 with an outrun of only 289 bottles at 53