Port Ellen, Prima & Ultima First Release, 40 Year Old
    Port Ellen

    Port Ellen, Prima & Ultima First Release, 40 Year Old, 1979

    Available Vintages
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    1. Last Few

      1979

      70cl

      DP

      £7,500.50

    2. Last Few

      1979

      70cl

      DP

      £7,500.50

    3. Last Few

      1979

      70cl

      DP

      £7,500.50

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    The Port Ellen distillery closed in 1983, leaving many casks to mature silently. Among them was one cask from 1979 that came to exceed all expectation. This superb spirit was subtle, elegant and full of flavour after forty years in the cask. It is one of the very last 1979 European Oak butts, expressing to the full the wonderful balance between sweetness, saltiness and smokiness that characterises Port Ellen at its peak. With this cask Port Ellen continues to bring the whisky world one of its greats, so fabulously rare that it can only be enjoyed by a privileged few.

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    Specifications

    Country:
    Scotland
    Region:
    Whisky
    Region:
    Islay
    Distillery:
    Port Ellen
    style:
    Whisky
    abv:
    51.2%