Port Ellen 26yo 1982/2008
(50%, Douglas Laing OMC, Sherry butt, C#4447, 721 Bts., D02/'82)
Average Score:
87
| Bottle Profile |
| Type | Scotch Single Malts (Disclosed Distilleries) |
| Distillery | Port Ellen |
| Bottler | Douglas Laing |
| Range | Old Malt Cask |
| Brand Name | Port Ellen |
| Age | 26 |
| Year Distilled | 1982 |
| Year Bottled | 2008 |
| Alcohol By Volume | 50% |
| Other Details | Douglas Laing OMC, Sherry butt, D02/'82 |
| Cask Number | #4447 |
| Bottles | 721 |
| Issued | 2008 |
| Average Score | 87 |
| Maniac Ratings |
| Robert Karlsson | 90 |
| Lawrence Graham | 82 |
| Thomas Lipka | 89 |
| Tasting Notes |
| Robert Karlsson | Initially a bit on the thin side. Then a malty sweetened smokiness and citrus. Turns more on leathery notes with time. Tobacco? The taste is a bit surprisingly more on a rather obvious berried vanilla. That along the smoke makes it a treat.
When sampled again another day (and from another bottle) it was ultra-sulphury on gunpowder (not rotten eggs). Very strange that it was not found previously. Still good though (88p). |
