Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ghost & Rare Port Ellen (70cl, 43.8%)

This is the second release in the Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ghost & Rare series, a limited edition blend at 43.8% ABV in a 70cl bottle. Master Blender Jim Beveridge and his team built it around whisky from Port Ellen, the Islay distillery that closed in 1983. The blend also holds grain whisky from the closed distilleries Carsebridge and Caledonian, and malts from Mortlach, Oban, Blair Athol, Cragganmore and Dailuaine. All of the whiskies are at least 20 years old. Each bottle is individually numbered, and the design shows a map of Scotland marking the distilleries. The nose offers salted butter, marmalade on toast, elegant peat smoke and oat cakes.