Port Ellen 1979 36 Years Douglas Laing - Xtra Old Particular
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DESCRIPTION
A 1979 vintage whisky from cult closed distillery Port Ellen. Distilled in the May the year before the distillery closed its doors for good, this was aged for 36 years in a refill hogshead.
TASTING NOTES
NOSE
Subtly peated, running to warm beach sand and citrus with now more evident phenols
PALATE
Initially sweet barley and peat, with coal dust and chimney soot all showing through its pelagic style
FINISH
All of the above is evident plus more spice, soft chewed leather and late tar
PRODUCT SUMMARY
| Distillery | Port Ellen |
| Classification | Single Malt Whisky |
| Bottle No./Released | -/227 |
| Vintage | May 1979 |
| Age | 36 |
| Bottler | Douglas Laing |
| Bottling Date | September 2015 |
| ABV/ Volume | 56.6%/ 70cl |
| Rating/SGP | -/- |
| Cask Number | 10914 |
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