Port Ellen 40 Year / 1979 / 70cl 49.6% / XOP Black Laberdolive now retired

now retired

matured in a combination of refill and first fill sherry hogsheads then bottled at 46% vol

James Watson and John Crabbie

The palate brings notes of warm buttered scones

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Port Ellen 40 Year / 1979 / 70cl 49.6% / XOP Black Laberdolive now retiredThe Port Ellen distillery was established in the 1820s. At first it operated solely as a malt mill but a few years later it was developed into a distillery. Port Ellen was mothballed in 1983, although its malting is still in operation to this day and supplies all other Islay distilleries. Diageo announced in 2017 that it is planning to reopen the distillery in the next few years. Douglas Laing has done something astonishing. They've managed to release