Port Ellen 1981 CA Original Collection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Port Ellen |
| Bottler | Cadenhead's (CA) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1981 |
| Bottled Year | 1998 |
| Age | 11년 |
| Cask Type | Oak Cask |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
연한 볏짚빛이 잔 안에서 맑게 빛난다. 포트 엘렌 특유의 타르와 라임즙, 바닷물과 새 타이어 같은 향이 그을음과 장뇌의 뉘앙스와 얽혀 든다. 입에서는 46도의 질감 위로 레몬 커드와 재, 보리 시럽의 의외의 단맛이 짭조름함과 함께 번진다. 문 닫은 아일라 증류소의 전설다운 미네랄이 또렷하다. 여운은 길고 레몬 같다가 이내 짜지고 재로 마무리되며 삼킨 뒤 재떨이를 머금은 듯한 강렬함이 오래 남는다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
straw
air Nose
tarry and luminous at the same time. A marinade made out of limejuice and seawater with bits of new tyres inside, which is very Port Ellen indeed. After that, quite a lot of camphor (slight OBE starting to happen?) and a rather sublime sootiness. Old jacket kept near some peat fire. It’s narrow, millimetric, even simple, but it’s just totally perfect
restaurant Palate
lemon curd and bags of ashes, plus some barley syrup, which makes it sweeter than expected. There’s some youth in this, and we even find ‘ideas’ of butter pears. Hints of fish oil, tarry rubber as often, and a growing saltiness. That’s right, it’s also oystery, but not quite kippery
timer Finish
long, very lemony, then brinier, then very ashy. As for the aftertaste, you’ve got the feeling of having just swallowed a whole ashtray