Single Malt 9 Rogue Casks 40YO (((Bottled 2020)))
⏳ Drikkevindue
Ready to enjoy now; as a high-strength distilled spirit, it will remain in peak condition indefinitely when stored properly unopened.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Blue cheese, dark chocolate, smoked wild game
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
This legendary release from the ghost distillery of Port Ellen represents a monumental moment in spirits history. Distilled in 1979 and bottled in 2020, the '9 Rogue Casks' is a historic 40-year-old single malt curated by Master Blender Dr. Craig Wilson. He identified nine distinct casks—four American oak hogsheads and five European oak butts—that possessed an unusual, rogue character deviating from the distillery's traditional heavy peat. Instead of the typical intense smoke, these casks yielded an extraordinarily complex, elegant spirit where the classic maritime brine, soft leather, and bonfire smoke of Islay are beautifully intertwined with unexpected notes of tropical fruit, oily citrus, and delicate herbal undertones. It stands as a liquid monument to the silent years of Port Ellen before its historic 2024 revival.
🍾 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)
50.9%