Port Ellen 1970 16 Year Old Gordon & Macphail

Port Ellen 1978 27 Year Old 6th Release (2006)

Nose: quite shy at first and rather simple. Lemon and coastal notes, but it doesn’t seem to open up or show more layers. With some hand warmth, a certain fruitiness does come out: yellow apple, some melon. It seems slightly more sherried than the other two (hints of prunes). Very gentle. Very lightly grassy. Mouth: less coastal than the other two...

Score 88/100

Port Ellen 1979 37 Year Old – Bottled For Whisky Live Tel-Aviv 2018 (Goren’s Whisky)

After two years of absence, Whisky Live Israel (Tel-Aviv) is back, and to celebrate the occasion, Tomer Goren (who’s also organizing the event), has bottled a unique single cask Port Ellen for the Israeli Market. There are only a few IB bottled for Israel, and this one is by far the most interesting and unique to date. The whisky was distilled...

Score 92/100

Port Ellen 27 Year Old 1983 Douglas of Drumlanrig

Eighteen months ago I took part in a Douglas of Drumlanrig tasting in Gent, but this Port Ellen lacked in the line-up. I do not need to tell you that 1983 is the year in which the distillery closed, right? So this is one of the last casks that was filled. Nice mineral and salty nose with underneath some Granny Smith apples and something yeasty....

Score 85/100

Port Ellen 16 Year Old 1980 Merengali Import

This is another one of those golden oldies that has spent 24 years in the bottle now, more than it ever spent in the cask. And it’s from the legendary Port Ellen distillery, bottled by Gordon & Macphail and imported to Italy by Merengali. Thanks to my buddy Manny I was able to secure a sample of this nowhere-to-be-found bottle. The nose is...

Score 84/100