Single Malt Casks Of Distinction European Oak No 6819 40YO (((Bottled 2019)))
⏳ Drikkevindue
Bottled at peak maturity after 40 years of aging, this exceptional spirit is ready to be savored immediately and will keep indefinitely when stored upright away from direct light.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Blue cheese, dark chocolate, smoked wild salmon
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Hailing from the legendary 'ghost' distillery of Port Ellen on the windswept south coast of Islay, this ultra-rare single malt represents the absolute pinnacle of Scotch whisky collecting. Distilled in 1979 and matured for four decades in a single European oak butt (Cask No. 6819) before being bottled in 2019, it was selected as part of Diageo's highly exclusive 'Casks of Distinction' program. Over forty years of slumber, the distillery's famously intense, medicinal peat smoke has undergone a magical transformation, integrating with the rich, spicy influence of European oak. The result is an incredibly complex, elegant spirit where maritime brine, old leather, dried dark fruits, and soft, beeswax-coated peat smoke harmonize in perfect balance—a liquid monument to a bygone era of Islay distilling.
🍾 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.
🍷 Alkoholprocent (ABV)
50.9%