Port Ellen 1982 Cask #2030 2035 Berry Bros & Rudd

Port Ellen 19 Year Old 1982 Provenance

This Port Ellen ‘spring’ bottling by McGibbon’s, under their Provenance label, has a full golden color. Sherry cask, maybe? The nose starts off creamy and lush. Typical oysters with salt and seaweeds are present, but also a nice touch of old leather and even orangettes (orange gum in chocolate, you know?). Yep, I’m pretty sure now it was a sherry...

Score 87/100

Port Ellen 24 Year Old 1982 AD Rattray

A.D. Rattray was able to secure three sisters casks from Port Ellen from 1982, sherry casks #2463, #2464 (of which a part was bottled for the Belgian bottler The Nectar) and #2466. I wonder if they still have cask #2465 in their warehouse. Anyway, let us get to it. Ooh, this is a very nice nose in which the sherry and peat walk hand in hand along...

Score 92/100

Port Ellen 29 Year Old 1979 Douglas Laing Old & Rare

The Platinum Selection from Douglas Laing is also known as Old & Rare. This Port Ellen definitely fits that description. Distilled in 1979, bottled at cask strength in 2009 at the age of 29. A gem, no doubt. The first things that stands out on the nose is a slightly soury element that reminds me a bit of the mashtun. Or a wet sheep. Then...

Score 94/100

Port Ellen 1979 28 Year Old 7th Release

Port Ellen hardly needs an introduction, of course. The distillery, established in 1925 and closed in 1983, enjoys an almost untouchable cult status among whiskybuffs. Rightly so. If you realize that Port Ellen was meant primarily for blending purposes and hence only got 2nd, 3rd of even older re-fill casks (from Lagavulin, among others) for...

Score 94/100