Old Malt Cask Port Ellen 1978 24 Years Old

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 26 by Michael Jackson and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose As though a sea breeze were gusting across the glass, and promising to blow a gale. Palate Firm, oily but drying. Bay leaves. Parsley. Emphatic seaweed. Finish Powerful, peppery, warming. Comment This one blew up a storm for me.

Dave Broom Nose Initially old style Californian chardonnay, all butter, nut and wood, ten the smoke starts and with water becomes pretty firm and severe. Palate Robust, firm, quite alcoholic, powerful. A nodule of sweetness in the middle. Finish Dry and austere. Comment Port Ellen has always struck me as the most Calvinist of Islay's malts.