Port Ellen 1979 25 Year Old Cask #6111 Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask

Port Ellen 1980 Gordon & Macphail Connoisseurs Choice

Port Ellen always has a bit of a magical ring to it, so whenever I get the chance to try it, I never let it pass me by. I tried this particular bottling at a friend’s birthday party. It is the Port ellen 1980 in Gordon & Macphail’s Connoisseurs Choice series, bottled in 1996. So it had almost spent 20 years in the bottle by the time my friend...

Score 80/100

Port Ellen Part Des Anges 1982 - 24 Year Old

I had a sip of this particular malt a couple of years ago at a friends birthday and did not know what to make of it. But that had nothing to do with the malt - it was my unseasoned palate which could not truly appreciate this wonderful spirit. The nose is lovely understated peat with a beautiful lemon honey sweetness. All of this is covered in a...

Score 92/100

Port Ellen 1979/2011 32 Year Old 11th Annual Release

Port Ellen distillery was founded in 1825 on the southern shore of Islay by Alexander Kerr Mackay. Between 1825 and 1836 ownership of the distillery changed a couple of times, but after John Ramsay was granted a lease on Port Ellen in 1836 it was operated by him and his descendants until the distillery was sold to the Port Ellen Distillery Co....

Score 88/100

Port Ellen 1979 28 Year Old 7th Release

Port Ellen hardly needs an introduction, of course. The distillery, established in 1925 and closed in 1983, enjoys an almost untouchable cult status among whiskybuffs. Rightly so. If you realize that Port Ellen was meant primarily for blending purposes and hence only got 2nd, 3rd of even older re-fill casks (from Lagavulin, among others) for...

Score 94/100