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

  • 59.35% |
  • 0.70L

A Port Ellen 24 year old distilled in 1978 and bottled in 2002 as a Diageo Special Release, an annual range that highlighted various outstanding whiskies from the group’’s open and closed distilleries. This is the second Port Ellen release for the range, with the first in 2001 and the last in 2017. …More info

Description du lot

  • Distillery: Port Ellen
  • Appellation: Single Malt Whisky
  • Country/Region: Scotland Islay
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 base of neck
  • State: 1 very slightly marked label, 1 Original box slightly damaged

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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

  • €1,252
  • €1,430 (Highest price)
  • €1,252 (Lowest price)

Latest auction prices

  • 03/10/2025 €1,251
  • 03/10/2025 €1,251
  • 18/07/2025 €1,430
  • 08/03/2024 €1,370
  • 21/07/2023 €1,668

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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

A Port Ellen 24 year old distilled in 1978 and bottled in 2002 as a Diageo Special Release, an annual range that highlighted various outstanding whiskies from the group’’s open and closed distilleries. This is the second Port Ellen release for the range, with the first in 2001 and the last in 2017. With the exception of a very rare bottling of Port Ellen to mark the Queen’’s visit to Islay and a handful of Rare Malts, these are the only official bottlings of Port Ellen to exist. A limited edition of 12,000 bottlings.

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: Scotland Islay
  • Alcohol percentage: 59.35 %
  • Volume: 0.70L
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 base of neck
  • State: 1 very slightly marked label, 1 Original box slightly damaged
  • Case: Yes
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Color: Brown

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