← Port Ellen
Port Ellen 1978 Vintage Release
- Age
- 40 years
- ABV
- 49.8%
- Filtration
- Non-chill-filtered
Flavour Fingerprint
The shape of Port Ellen 1978 Vintage Release
This bottle's own signature across the twelve-axis Spirit Map — not the distillery average, but this exact expression.
Draw a shape like it in the Explorer →Flavour profile is AI-assisted and still being refined.
Tasting
How it drinks
- Sight
- Pale golden with hints of amber, showing age and clarity.
- Nose
- Classic Islay peat balanced with dried orchard fruits, aged leather, and a whisper of coastal spray. Subtle notes of cereal grain and old varnish.
- Palate
- Elegant and refined with controlled peat smoke, beeswax, antique wood spice, and a saline mineral quality. Dark chocolate and dried prune add depth.
- Finish
- Extended finish with lingering smoke, sea salt, and a gentle oak drying that leaves mineral traces on the palate.
Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.
Maturation
The wood it came through
- ex-bourbon barrels
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