Port Ellen 1979 Signatory

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 28 Year Old 1983 Malts of Scotland

I recently read, on that blue social networking site, the following comment: ‘There are other malts out there than just Port Ellen, you know!?. True, but that does not detract from the feast every time you pour a PE past the lips, does it? This is only my 15th, so I have every reason to continue. I will do so whit this rather pale 28 Year Old from...

Score 93/100

Port Ellen 28 Year Old 1982 for QV.ID

I prevously praised the Coal Ila and Bowmore that were released by Belgian bottler QV.ID, but this was the first release by Koen: a 28 Year Old Port Ellen. Initially, the nose is very sweet with a lot of vanilla and young apples. I thought this was a sherry cask? Some marzipan and chestnut, but the sherry remains quiet. That doesn’t mean the nose...

Score 91/100

Port Ellen Islay Tasting

I’ve been sitting on these tasting notes for a few months now. Apart from the fact that I’m a lazy git I genuinely wasn’t quite sure how to put pen to paper. I mean how are you realistically supposed to write a review about five Port Ellens? That’s right, FIVE of them. At the same time. Sprung on us as a surprise tasting on a rainy Islay...

Score 100/100