Port Ellen – 39 Year Old 1978 Untold Stories Limited Edition (70cl, 50.9%)
£7,799.00
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- Distillery
- Port Ellen
- Region
- Islay
- Type
- Single Malt Whisky
- Age
- 39 years
- Bottle Size
- 70cl
- ABV
- 50.9%
- Cask Type
- Refill European sherry cask
- Cask Type
- Ex-bourbon cask
A 39-year-old Islay single malt from Port Ellen, distilled in 1978 and bottled in 2018 at a natural cask strength of 50.9% ABV. This Untold Stories release, named The Spirit Safe, is limited to 1500 bottles and comes in a 70cl bottle.
It matured for almost four decades in refill European sherry casks and ex-bourbon casks. The wooden display box has a double key opening, a reference to the spirit safe installed at Port Ellen in the 1820s.
The nose has golden syrup, gingerbread, toffee and candied lime over ripe tropical fruit. The palate adds pineapple, mango and manuka honey, with subtle peat and cigar smoke. The finish is long, turning ashy and dry.
Tasting Notes
Golden syrup, gingerbread, toffee and candied limes, with ripe tropical fruit, sandalwood, cinnamon and clove
Ripe tropical fruit, peach and apricot, toffee, manuka honey, subtle peat and cigar smoke, baking spices, menthol and sea salt
Long, ashy and dry, with bonfire embers, charcoal, warming spices, cocoa powder and malted cereals
