Port Ellen 7th Annual Release 28 Years Old 53.8% 1979

Distileerderij	Port Ellen
Bottelaar	OB
Serie	Annual Release
Gebotteld voor	X
Gedistilleerd op	1979
Gebotteld	2007
Land	Schotland
Streek	Islay
Leeftijd	28
Cask Type	Oak Casks
Vatnummer	X
Alcohol percentage	53.8
Inhoud	0,70
Conditie	In originele verpakking
Etiket	Perfect
Voorraad	0

Professionele reviews

Serge Valentin (92)

Colour: pale gold.

Nose: it seems that this one is a rather complex version, which does not start only on big whiffs of burning tyres and lemons but also on soaked grains, porridge and wet ropes. The peat smoke is big as expected but it’s melted into the rest. Mullein flowers, crystallised lemons, lemon honey, vanilla crème, raw wool, clams, spearmint. It gets then a little more austere but never ‘brutal’. A civilised Port Ellen?

Palate: well, yes, in a certain way. Quite interestingly, this one reminds me more of an old Ardbeg than of a Port Ellen on the palate. Very nervous and very ‘wide’, with notes of tangerines, Chinese anise, bubblegum (hints), smoked tea, gentian spirit (hello Vienna?), crab, green Chartreuse and even Jägermeister, liquorice roots... Gets almost restless now, concentrated, big, bitterer and bitterer (more herbs liqueurs)... What a presence!

Finish: long, more on marzipan now, green walnuts, liquorice, kippers, sea water (remember?)

Well well well, we had thought this one would be a very nice and gentle whisky when nosing it first but at the finish it got quite a monster. A vampire? Great whisky anyway – nothing really new under the sun.

Words of Whisky (91)