Port Ellen 1982 28 Year Old

Port Ellen 25 Year Old 1982 Chieftain’s Choice

Chieftain’s Choice is a label from Ian MacLeod distillers. Another one, for example, is Dun Bheagan.. This bourbon hogshead #1520 was filled in 1982 and bottled in 2009 as a 27 Year Old. I will be putting sister cask #1521, also filled in 1982 and bottled two years previous as a 25 Year Old for Dun Bheagan. Just like his Dun Bheagan brother, it...

Score 89/100

Port Ellen 1980 Gordon & Macphail Connoisseurs Choice

Port Ellen always has a bit of a magical ring to it, so whenever I get the chance to try it, I never let it pass me by. I tried this particular bottling at a friend’s birthday party. It is the Port ellen 1980 in Gordon & Macphail’s Connoisseurs Choice series, bottled in 1996. So it had almost spent 20 years in the bottle by the time my friend...

Score 80/100

Port Ellen 1982/2010 Connoisseurs Choice Gordon & Macphail

Port Ellen hardly needs an introduction. This Islay distillery was founded in 1825, but closed by Diageo in 1983 during the recession because of the subsequent whisky loch. Many fans deplore the loss of Port Ellen. At the time of closure, the distillery had four stills in operation and a yearly outturn of 800.000 liters of spirit. Diageo was...

Score 86/100

Port Ellen 1982 / 32 Year Old / XOP

We trudged in single file along the narrow road leading out of Bowmore and up towards the Gaelic school. The six of us, all wearing Malt Activist t-shirts in a show of solidarity, were headed to a Douglas Laing tasting by the name of Favourite of the Feis. Having attended one last year we were eager to meet again the lovely Caroline and the...

Score 94/100