Single Malt Old & Rare Platinum Selection 32YO (((Bottled 2012)))
⏳ Drikkevindue
As a mature, high-strength single malt whisky, this bottle will remain in peak condition indefinitely if stored properly; once opened, it is best enjoyed within 1 to 2 years.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Blue cheese, dark chocolate, smoked wild salmon
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Port Ellen remains one of the most legendary names in the annals of Scotch whisky. Closed during the industry downturn of 1983, its remaining stocks became legendary, ghostly relics of a bygone era of Islay production. This ultra-rare 32-year-old expression, curated under the prestigious 'Old & Rare Platinum Selection' by independent bottler Douglas Laing, was distilled during the distillery's historic peak in the late 1970s and bottled in 2012. It represents the pinnacle of Islay's coastal alchemy, where decades of slumber in oak casks near the salt-sprayed shores of the south coast have softened the distillery's famously robust peat smoke into an incredibly complex tapestry of oily citrus, soft leather, damp soot, and maritime brine.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Port Ellen blev grundlagt i 1825 af Alexander Ker Mackay og tog for alvor form under ledelse af John Ramsay. I dag fremstår destilleriet som et af de mest mytiske navne inden for skotsk whisky. Beliggenheden på Islays sydkyst, det barske kystklima og det bløde kildevand fra Loch Leorin har historisk set givet destillatet en umiskendelig maritim saltholdighed, tør tørverøg og en raffineret, olieret tekstur. Destilleriet blev midlertidigt lukket i 1930 og gennemgik en omfattende modernisering inden genåbningen i 1967, hvorefter det lukkede på ny i 1983 under den store krise i whiskybranchen. Gennem de efterfølgende fire årtiers tavshed modnede de tilbageværende fade – overvejende refill-egetræsfade – og frembragte aftapninger, der i dag hyldes for deres delikate citrusnoter, mineralske sod og afbalancerede kystnære kompleksitet. I 2024 genåbnede ejeren Diageo officielt destilleriet. Med de nye 'Phoenix Stills' har man nøje genskabt de oprindelige kobberkedlers geometri, samtidig med at innovative eksperimental-kedler skal sikre den historiske profil og samtidig udforske moderne single malt-produktion.
🍇 Hovedingrediens
Malted Barley
🍷 ABV
52.5%