Port Ellen 1983 Malts of Scotland bottling
distilled 02/1983 - bottled 10/2011 28 years old
Cask MoS 11011 1 of 267 bottles, 58,9%
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Port Ellen 1983/2011 (58.9%, Malts of Scotland, bourbon hogshead, cask # MoS 11011, 267 bottles)
I think this one is our 200th tasting note for a PE.Colour: straw. Nose: yet again, this is completely different. More lemon,
more youth and much more brine at first nosing, this could be much younger
than 28. More fresh walnuts after that, butter, rocks, shellfish, coffee…
Another one that’s not immensely complex, but it’s perfect distillate for sure.
I’m wondering if the recent OBs’ very complex profile does not simply come
from the fact that they’re vattings of ten casks or more (thank you Sherlock!)…
With water: more almondy/buttery notes as well as more medicinal ones
(antiseptic). Mouth (neat): a tad more bitter than the others, a little resinous
and sappy, with more tar as well, liquorice… And other than that, yes,
brine and lemon. More and more salt. With water: even more herbal/bitterish
notes. Liquorice wood and tar drops. Finish: long, with some marzipan plus
always a lot of b**** and l****. Comments: it’s the biggest and roughest,
with more classic tar. And yet again, a great dram. SGP:368 - 90 points.
