Port Ellen 23 Year Old 1978 – Old Malt Cask (Douglas Laing) Single Malt Scotch Whisky | 700ML

Whiskey: Port Ellen 23 Year Old 1978 – Old Malt Cask (Douglas Laing) Single Malt Scotch Whisky | 700ML

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Size: 700ML

Proof: 100 (50%ABV)

Origin: Scotland

Distillery: Port Ellen

Port Ellen Islay single malt here, distilled in January 1978 and finished for a minimum of six months in a sherry cask. It was bottled by Douglas Laing & Co for its Old Malt Cask series in September 2001, with an outturn of 764 bottles.

Port Ellen 23 Year Old 1978 – Old Malt Cask (Douglas Laing) Single Malt Scotch Whisky | 700ML Tasting Notes

Nose: Satisfying and charming aromas.

Palate: On the palate it is very elegant, rich and full-bodied.

Finish: Elegant long-lasting aftertaste.

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, Islays 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.