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Signatory Port Ellen 1978 Port Wood

Brand	Signatory
Expression	Port Ellen 1978 Port Wood
Type	Scotch Whisky / Single Malt
Vintage	1978
Abv	58.00%
Produced at	Signatory Vintage Scotch Whisky Co. Ltd.
Region	Islay
Availability	Worldwide
Guide Price	£71 plus (US$114 plus) NB! This is our upper price guide, but the whisky may sell for considerably more than this.
Website	http://www.edradour.co.uk

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 27 by Martine Nouet and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Martine Nouet

Nose
A kitchen garden. Floral, herbal. Jasmine. Chervil. A garden after a summer shower. Juicy grapefruit pulp. Shellfish, smoked haddock. Tar.
Palate
Light and appetising. Sweet cherries. A much fruitier version than usual. Smoke is less distinct than on the nose. Distant seaweed notes.
Finish
Tangy. Sherbety. A fruity note.
Comment
Typical fragrant, alert Port Ellen, but the port finish lends more fruit and an amazing orangey-pinkish colour.

Dave Broom

Nose
Another of those pink whiskies, yet it smells of iodine, tar and fish oil. Water brings out peat-smoked apricots. In time thereâ€™s raspberry leaf and Spangles scattered over a stony beach. Weirdly interesting.
Palate
The smoke hits immediately, then some light but concentrated fruitiness. Still very tense and dry.
Finish
Wood and peat smoke. Singed wool.
Comment
Austere, pretty challenging. Finished, I suspect, to inject some fruity life into its dry bones.

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