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Port Ellen
Whisky: Port Ellen 1982-2001
Serie: The Old Malt Cask
Age: 19 years
Type: Single malt
   
Distilled: 02-1982
Bottled: 09-2001
Cask Type: Sherry
Bottles: 720
Strength: 50%
   
Distillery: Port Ellen Distillery (old)
Bottler: Douglas Laing (pre May 2013)
Country: Scotland: Islay
   
 
Date: 10-06-2006
Nose: Glue, aceton, gentle, faint seaweed, faint smoke.
Flavour: Quite a lot of sea salt, slightly sweet, some wood, slightly peppery, buttery finish, smoky, very subtle.
Body: Smooth, slightly fat, slightly dry, beautifully compleet, it's finish lasts and lasts.
Comments: Even though it's a different version of Port Ellen, with this one you can make a lot of friends as well.
Rating: ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ +--- (9.25)