Port Ellen 1980 Cask Strength Gordon & Macphail

Port Ellen 1979 Signatory Vintage (22 Year Old)

Port Ellen is one of the most popular labels of the last decennium. It's almost a legend. The distillery, founded in 1825, was closed in 1983 and demolised in the '90s. The expressions are becoming rarer and thus more expensive. Port Ellen is very popular with the so-called Indies - independent bottlers - and enjoys an almost indestructable...

Score 87/100

Port Ellen 1982/2010 Bottled for Whiskysite.nl Refill Sherry Pungeon

Port Ellen, the only Islay distillery left on my list and for a layman like me one of the hardest to track down, not just because of its scarcity, but mainly because you'll need deep pockets. Of all the Lost Distilleries, Port Ellen and Brora are probably the best known by the general malt enthusiasts and collectors/investors, thus the price...

Score 95/100

Port Ellen 1982 The Premier Barrel

Nose is smoky, grainy and with an alcohol burn. Body is not real heavy and rather light. While a nice dram, it just does not compare to other Port Ellens I have had. Still has that typical PE undertone but the complexity seems lost. No real depth to this. Strange. Kind of like the 2009 Lagavulin Cask Strenghth..good but one dimensional.

Score 80/100

Pe1 Elements of Islay

Elements of Islay is a special series of Islay whiskies from Specialty Drinks Company Ltd (sister company of The Whisky Exchange), in which the whisky is presented in small 50 cl bottles (called ‘pharmacy’, what’s in a name?). They already bottled Ardbeg (Ar1, Ar2), Bruichladdich (Br1), Caol Ila (CI1), Lagavulin (Lg1, Lg2) and at the recent TWE...

Score 91/100