Port Ellen 39 Year Old 1982 - Xtra Old Particular The Black Series (Douglas Laing) | 700ML

The Xtra Old Particular Black series rarely disappoints and when you bottled Port Ellen from the early eighties, you know you're onto a winner. This particular single malt Scotch whisky from Islay's most missed distillery was matured in a refill hogshead for nearly four decades before it was bottled up by Douglas Laing in 2022 at 53.7% ABV.s.

Port Ellen 39 Year Old 1982 - Xtra Old Particular The Black Series (Douglas Laing) | 700ML Tasting Notes

Nose: Treacle, chocolate, vanilla, cinnamon with light sherry. Wet ash and medium smokiness. Full of cherry and chocolate like a Black Forest cake.

Palate: Oak and sherry influence.

Finish: Dry and sort finish.

Distillery Information

The Port Ellen distillery was founded in 1825 by Alexander Ker Mackay. The distillery lies not far from the centre of its namesake town, Islay’s main port, and draws its waters from the Leorin Lochs. John Ramsay, a local Member of Parliament, acquired the distillery after Mackay went into bankruptcy. Ramsay was a leader in his field and recognised the opportunities that exportation to America could offer. The Port Ellen whisky distillery remained in Ramsay family hands until 1920, when John Dewar & Sons and James Buchanan & Co purchased it, merging with Distillers Company Limited five years later. In 1930, the Port Ellen distillery was transferred to Scottish Malt Distillers. The distillery had ceased whisky production a year prior, but continued to malt barley. Indeed, to this day the maltings at Port Ellen supply most of the distilleries on Islay as well as the Isle of Jura distillery. A new maltings was installed in 1973, a few years after the distillery reopened in 1966. In 1967, further stills were installed and the distillery underwent extensive renovations. During the 1980s the Scotch whisky market became saturated and, regrettably, Port Ellen did not survive - the stills fell silent in May of 1983. There have been both independent releases as well as a handful of official bottlings. The spell of silence is over! Diageo announced in October 2017 it will revive Port Ellen and rebuild the distillery. Expect the first spirit to flow from the new stills in 2020.

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