Chieftain's Choice Port Ellen 24 Years Old

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 63 by Dave Broom and Arthur Motley.

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Tasting Notes

Dave Broom Nose An immediate and huge hit of phenols combined with rich fruit cake. Dubbin and peat oil. Cocoa powder with water there’s a hint of petrol and saltiness. Palate Eruption of smoke just held in check by crisp oakiness. The peat then wriggles back like a smoked eel bringing with it a gentle fruit. Finish Salty. Yes SALTY! Comment Complex stuff going on here. A really rewarding Port Ellen.

Arthur Motley Nose A combination of baked pear and pineapple fruitiness, with old and complex phenols rumbling beneath. More apparent with water, with tinned fish and some smoked meat. Lemon biscuits. Palate Fruit syrup, raisins and a little sulphur. Phenolic too, with dentist’s mouthwash and a little of that canned brine. Some dry oak. Finish Salty and drying. Comment Confidentially and quietly smoky, this is a lovely example of this elegant old Islay.