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Islay
1825
Leorin Lochs
United Distillers & Vintners
Mothballed 1983
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Port Ellen distillery was built in 1825
by Alexander Mackay. It was bought by
John Ramsey in 1836. Under John Ramsey Port
Ellen was the first distillery to export
whisky to America. It was acquired by
the Port Ellen Distillery Company in
1920. It was then taken over by DCL in 1927 and
then mothballed by them in 1929. The distillery reopened
again in 1967 and the number of stills
where doubled from 2 to 4.
In
1973 a
malting was built next to the
distillery. This malting still operates
today and produces malt for most of the distilleries
on Islay as well as the Isle of Jura distillery. The distillery was acquired by UDV and
in 1983 it was mothballed as it was surplus to requirements as
UDV already owned the Caol Ila and
Lagavulin distilleries on
Islay.
The stillhouse
was demolished in 2003 so it almost
certain that the Port Ellen distillery
will never produce malt whisky again.
There has been 9 official releases of
Port Ellen malt since 2001 which have
been very popular amongst malt whisky
connoisseurs. If you have ever wanted to
try Port Ellen malt whisky do not leave
it too long as bottlings get rarer as
time goes by. It may even prove to be a
good investment as bottles have
performed very well at auction, with an 1891
bottling selling £11,000.
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Port Ellen Tasting Notes
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 Port Ellen
1978 25 Year Old
4th Official Release Bottled 2004.
Colour:
Yellow gold.
Nose:
Peat smoke, hint of citrus fruits and
iodine.
Taste:
Warms the palate at first due to its
high alcohol level. Then a whole array
of tastes, peat, smoke, malty, peppery,
spices, malty, slight nuttiness.
Finish:
A long finish with peat and spices. An
excellent bottling.
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Port Ellen Bottlings
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Port Ellen offer you the following choice
of single malts:
- 1979 25 Year Old 5th Official
Release 5280 Bottles Bottled 2005.
- 1978 25 Year Old 4th Official
Release 5100 Bottles Bottled 2004.
- 1979 24 Year Old 3rd Official
Release 9000 Bottles Bottled 2003.
- 1978 24 Year Old 2nd Official
Release 12000 Bottles Bottled 2002.
- 1979 22 Year Old 1st Official
Release 6000 Bottles Bottled 2001.
- 1981 18 Year Old From Connoisseurs Choice.
- You will find a good selection of
Port Ellen single malt whisky including
many rare vintages and finishes
in both original and independent
bottlings available from
top whisky shops such as
The Whisky Exchange.
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