Signatory Straight from the Cask Port Ellen 24 Years Old, Burgundy finish

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 39 by Gavin Smith and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Gavin Smith Nose Sweet and perfumed, plums followed by smoke and cigar boxes. Palate Short sweetness, stewed prunes, then dry note of damped-down bonfire. Finish Plums and a faint whiff of peat smoke. Comment Lots happening here. A complex and highly unusual expression of Port Ellen.

Dave Broom Nose Concentrated. Fruit compote, baked fruits, tinned raspberry, cooked plum but with phenolics acting as a counterpoint: tobacco leaf, coal. Palate A sweet, winey start then it dries allowing the peat to emerge before relaxing and letting raspberry fruitiness to return. Layered, complex. Finish Mellow, winey, a hint of fragrant smoke. Comment Audacious but it works. Brilliantly.