This single cask bottling of a 26-year-old Port Ellen was produced by independent bottler Douglas Laing in The Old Malt Cask series. The whisky was distilled in 1982, matured in a refill Hogshead and was bottled at cask strength in 2009.
Nase: Ein salzigmaritimer Start, mineralisch und rauchig. Strandgut, Meersalz, Torfrauch. Dazu finde ich harzige Noten, Tannennadeln und frisch gesägte Waldkiefer, quasi ein Nadelwald in Küstennähe. Eine Mischung aus geräuchertem Fisch und Zitrusfrüchten macht sich anschließend breit, Mandarinen, getrocknete Orangenschale sowie ein Hauch Grapefruit. Das Baumharz kommt noch einmal wieder, begleitet von Thymian und Pfeffer.
Gaumen: Aromatisch, mundfüllend, dieser Port Ellen hat richtig viel Kraft. Erst einmal muss ich die fruchtige Süße und das sehr cremige Mundgefühl erwähnen, ich schmecke Orangen, Brombeeren und Erdbeermarmelade. Dazu Pfeffer, Torfrauch mit Hering und überreife Bananen, zudem Aprikosen. Sehr komplex und schwer alle Aromen einzufangen, ich mit ja eh eher der Nasen?-Typ.
Abgang: Lang und cremig. Gesalzene Orangenscheibe, ein wenig geriebener Ingwer und eine leichte Prise Pfeffer.
The distillery was founded in 1825 and taken over by John Ramsay in 1836. Whisky history was reportedly made here with the first use of patent & coffey stills and a spirit safe. It was closed from 1929 to 1966, and only a few years after its renovation it was closed again in 1983. The buildings are now listed and preparations are being made to bring it back into use.
Islay is the most famous of the Scotch whisky islands. It is often referred to as the queen among them. The majority of Islay's single malts have a wonderfully peaty, smoky, strong flavour - flavours for which Islay whisky is so loved.
Scotland and Scotch whisky is a global trend, a development that has led to a flourishing whisky scene in Scotland. There is hardly a week that goes by in which there is no news about another new distillery being built or the reopening of a distillery that has been closed for a long time.
Scotland, together with Ireland, is today considered the motherland of whisky, whose roots there go back to around 1500 AD.
This single cask bottling of a 26-year-old Port Ellen was produced by independent bottler Douglas Laing in The Old Malt Cask series. The whisky was distilled in 1982, matured in a refill Hogshead and was bottled at cask strength in 2009.
The distillery was founded in 1825 and taken over by John Ramsay in 1836. Whisky history was reportedly made here with the first use of patent & coffey stills and a spirit safe. It was closed from 1929 to 1966, and only a few years after its renovation it was closed again in 1983. The buildings are now listed and preparations are being made to bring it back into use.
Islay is the most famous of the Scotch whisky islands. It is often referred to as the queen among them. The majority of Islay's single malts have a wonderfully peaty, smoky, strong flavour - flavours for which Islay whisky is so loved.
Scotland and Scotch whisky is a global trend, a development that has led to a flourishing whisky scene in Scotland. There is hardly a week that goes by in which there is no news about another new distillery being built or the reopening of a distillery that has been closed for a long time.
Scotland, together with Ireland, is today considered the motherland of whisky, whose roots there go back to around 1500 AD.
