Port Ellen 12-year-old Visit from H.M. The Queen to Port Ellen Maltings
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Port Ellen |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | - |
| Bottled Year | 1980 |
| Age | 12년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 40.0% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
아일라 남부 포트엘렌 항구의 거센 바닷바람과 짭조름한 공기 속에서 12년을 보낸 1980년 보틀링답게 잔에는 옅은 호박빛이 또렷이 깃들어 있다. 잿빛 피트와 가죽의 향이 먼저 코끝에 닿고 짠 미네랄의 결이 깔린다. 입에서는 훈제 베이컨과 가벼운 시트러스가 두꺼운 질감으로 흐른다. 40도의 도수가 옛 포트엘렌의 결을 부드럽게 받치고 여운에는 짠 바람과 잿빛 피트가 길게 이어진다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
white wine
air Nose
magnificent, in the spirit of some G&M CC, with a kind of tenderness but no caramel immediately detectable. Wonderful notes of lamp oil, an old shipwreck, sweet brine, then ink, old books, and the interior of an old 1960s car. Not a Rolls, more like a little Renault with a mix of leatherette, various plastics, and years of accumulated cigarette smoke. Remember? Not so long ago, one might have also said a Parisian taxi. Then, finally, anchovies in brine
restaurant Palate
it's fantastic, and not as weak as one might have expected, though you almost want to redistill it to bring it up to 50% vol. Or has anyone ever tried adding neutral medicinal alcohol to boost the strength of a spirit? Not me. Sardines, oysters, tar, old papers, grapefruit, smoked oysters…
timer Finish
medium length but perfect salinity and a maritime tarry side that has become very complex