Port Ellen – 1979/2003 23 Year Old Signatory Vintage Vintage Collection Dumpy (70cl, 56.3%)

This is a single-cask Port Ellen from Islay, distilled on 16 November 1979 and bottled on 24 October 2003 by Signatory Vintage. It comes from the Vintage Collection Dumpy series, in the dumpy bottle that gives the range its name. The whisky matured for 23 years in a refill sherry butt and was bottled at 56.3% ABV. 359 bottles were filled. Port Ellen closed in 1983. Its style is described as maritime peat smoke combined with finesse and structure.