Single Malt 12th Release 32YO ((Bottled 2012))
⏳ Drikkevindue
Ready to enjoy now; this bottle-matured spirit will remain in peak condition indefinitely if stored upright and away from direct sunlight.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Smoked salmon, blue cheese, dark chocolate
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
The Port Ellen 12th Release 32 Year Old is a legendary monument to Islay's distilling history. Distilled in 1979 and matured for over three decades before its bottling in 2012, this rare single malt captures the final golden years of the original distillery before it fell silent in 1983. Port Ellen's warehouses stood right on the edge of the Atlantic, allowing the casks to breathe in the salty sea air and damp maritime mist for 32 years. This long, slow maturation in refill American oak casks softened the intense, oily peat smoke of the spirit, transforming it into a highly complex masterpiece of soft leather, maritime brine, lemon oil, and subtle, sweet wood smoke. As one of the highly coveted annual Diageo Special Releases, it represents a finite piece of liquid history from a ghost distillery whose spirit stills were only recently revived.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Port Ellen blev grundlagt i 1825 af Alexander Mackay på Islays sydkyst og står i dag som et af de mest ikoniske og ærefrygtindgydende navne i skotsk whiskyhistorie. Efter en række udvidelser under Distillers Company Limited (i dag Diageo) lukkede destilleriet under whiskybranchens krise i 1983. Det opnåede hurtigt en mytisk status som et såkaldt 'spøgelsesdestilleri', indtil det efter en gennemgribende og omhyggelig genopbygning genåbnede dørene i 2024. Port Ellen er verdenskendt for sin raffinerede, maritime profil, der forener elegant tørverøg, en fyldig, olieret tekstur, kystnær saltholdighed og fine nuancer af citrus. De historiske single malt-aftapninger er i dag blandt de mest eftertragtede og prestigefyldte samlerobjekter, der nogensinde er destilleret i Skotland.
🍇 Base Ingredient
Malted Barley
🍷 Alkoholprocent (ABV)
52.5%