Port Ellen 24 years 1978 Of. 2nd Release Natural Cask Strength - One of 12000 - bottled in 2002 Limited Edition

  • 59.35% |
  • 0.70L

Port Ellen 24 ans distillé en 1978 et embouteillé en 2002 parmi les Special Release de Diageo, une gamme annuelle qui met en valeur certains des plus beaux whiskies issus des distilleries ouvertes ou fermées du groupe. Il s'agit de la deuxième sortie de Port Ellen dans cette gamme, la première datan…More info

Description du lot

  • Distillery: Port Ellen
  • Appellation: Single Malt Whisky
  • Country/Region: Ecosse Scotland, Islay
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • State: 1 damaged label, 1 soiled label

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Fine Spirits Auction price estimate
Port Ellen 24 years 1978 Of. 2nd Release Natural Cask Strength - One of 12000 - bottled in 2002 Limited Edition

Fine Spirits Auction Price(1) corresponds to the hammer price and the buyer's premium charged by the auctioneer. (1)

Fine Spirits Auction Price(1) corresponds to the hammer price and the buyer's premium charged by the auctioneer. (1)

  • Current Price Estimate

  • €1,274
  • €1,430 (Highest price)
  • €1,192 (Lowest price)

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Port Ellen 24 years 1978 Of. 2nd Release Natural Cask Strength - One of 12000 - bottled in 2002 Limited Edition

Cuvée presentation

Port Ellen 24 ans distillé en 1978 et embouteillé en 2002 parmi les Special Release de Diageo, une gamme annuelle qui met en valeur certains des plus beaux whiskies issus des distilleries ouvertes ou fermées du groupe. Il s'agit de la deuxième sortie de Port Ellen dans cette gamme, la première datant de 2001 et la dernière de 2017. A part un très rare embouteillage de Port Ellen à l'occasion de visite de la reine sur Islay et quelques Rare Malts, ce sont les seuls embouteillages officiels de Port Ellen. Edition limitée à 12 000 bouteilles.

The distillery Port Ellen

Scotland, Isle of Islay. Distillery operational. Owner: Diageo

Single-handedly kept afloat by the leading players in the independent bottlers market until the early 21st century, Port Ellen owes its salvation to the growing fervour of fans of peated whiskies. Like many distilleries a victim of the 1980s recession, Port Ellen closed in May 1983, never to distil again. It was in 1998, 15 years after its closure, that its owners bottled two limited versions, one celebrating the 25th anniversary of the eponymous maltings, and the other for the Rare Malts Selection. It would then not be until the turn of the millennium that Port Ellen would be awarded a finally crafted regular bottling, focusing on the years of production 1978 and 1979.Paradoxically, the youngest versions are the hardest to find, such as the Signatory Vintage Black Ceramic 10 Year Old and 13 Year Old. Although most were bottled at 40-43%, they still offer the chance to experience the spirit's profile without the wood having too much influence. In any case, the oldest vintage still available today from a handful of collectors is a Port Ellen distilled in 1967 or 1968 (the distillery was mothballed from 1929 to 1 April 1968), aged 12 years old and produced to mark the Queen's visit to the distillery on 9 August 1980.

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Detailed characteristics

  • Distillery: Port Ellen
  • Vintage: 1978
  • Bottler: Of.
  • Age: 24 years
  • Appellation: Single Malt Whisky
  • Country/Region: Ecosse Scotland, Islay
  • Alcohol percentage: 59.35 %
  • Volume: 0.70L
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • State: 1 damaged label, 1 soiled label
  • Case: No
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Color: Ambré

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