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PORT ELLEN

Established: 1824-1930, 1966-1983
Status: Closed in 1983
Location: Port Ellen, Isle of Islay
Visitor centre: No
Website: No



• Aged 24 Years, distilled November 1982, bottled August 2007, bottle #183/228, filled from one sherry butt 3652, no chill filtered, no colouring, "Finnish edition", 50% (Douglas Laing & Co)
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9+ (93 points)
(Colour: amber / Nose 23 points: strong, smoky, peaty, sharp / Taste 23 points: full-bodied, smoky, peaty, tobacco, woody, salty / Finish 23 points: long smoky finish / Balance 24 points.)

"Maister Hindley!" shouted our chaplain.
"Maister, coom hither! Miss Cathy's riven th' back
off 'Th' Helmet o' Salvation,'un' Heathcliff's pawsed
his fit into t' first part o' 'T' Brooad Way to
Destruction!' It's fair flaysome that ye let 'em
go on this gait. Ech! th' owd man wad ha' laced
'em properly - but he's goan!"
(Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights)




• Port Ellen 6th Release, Aged 27 Years, d 1978, b 2006, b # 0768/4560, 54.2%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9- (89 points)
(Colour: amber / Nose 22 points: perfume / Taste 22 points: full-bodied, caramel, fruity, honey, sweet / Finish 22 points: fruity and sweet and long finish / Balance 22 points.)


• Port Ellen 1983, Cask Strength Collection, Aged 27 Years, d 2.3.1983, b 28.9.2010, c #517, b #526/608, Refill butt, 59% (Signatory Vintage)
Legless Scotsman's rating: 8.5 (86 points)
(Colour: gold / Nose 22 points: fruity, honey, leather, shoe polish / Taste 22 points: full-bodied, fruity, sweet, vanilla / Finish 21 points: leathery and long finish / Balance 21 points.)




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