Gordon & Macphail bottling from the Cask Series
61,1% Natural Cask Strength
70cl
with Box
Cask 7238 + 7239
distilled 11.12.1979
bottled July 1998
einer der besten Port Ellen überhaupt
Zitat von whiskyfun : ( Thank you Serge )
Port Ellen 1979/1998 (61,1%, G&M, cask series, casks #7238-7239)
Colour: straw - gold. Nose: this one is really different, much more buttery at first nosing.
Lots of green apples and candle wax but otherwise it’s a little closed. Water needed, probably…
Yes, that works, we do have the expected tarry notes now, new tyres, tarmac, linseed oil…
Also something quite farmy (hay) and mineral (wet chalk), plus quite some pu-erh tea, Belgian beer,
pencil lead, motor oil… Just great, a Port Ellen with lots of Portellenity (what?) Mouth (neat): yawn,
what a beast! Lots of lemon, lots of oranges and lots of peat but water is needed again! Oh yes,
that works beautifully, with lots of dried oranges and cough sweets plus again that great Portellenity
(will you stop that!), with lots of mineral ‘stuff’ (not that I eat stones too often), fir honeydew, propolis
, salty liquorice… Quite some spices too, black pepper, cloves, maybe a little mustard… And
again lots of lemon and grapefruit. And the finish is long, mostly on peat, pepper and lemon
marmalade… Just excellent, with lots of oomph (even when diluted to roughly 45%). 92 points.
