Single Malt Rare Malts Natural Cask Strength 20YO
⏳ Drikkevindue
As a highly stable, matured distilled spirit, it does not expire and can be enjoyed over many decades; once opened, it is best consumed within 1 to 2 years to preserve its intricate aromatic profile.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Smoked wild salmon, mature blue cheese, dark chocolate
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Port Ellen's 'Rare Malts Selection' 20 Year Old is a legendary artifact from Islay's lost silent distillery. Distilled before the distillery's closure in 1983, this natural cask-strength expression captures the quintessential, old-school Islay character. Port Ellen was renowned for its unique water source from the Connel Loch and its distinctive peat profile, which was less medicinal and more oily, maritime, and soot-driven than its neighbors. The Rare Malts Selection, launched by United Distillers in the 1990s, aimed to showcase rare, cask-strength single malts from closed or highly sought-after distilleries. This 20-year-old bottling is revered for its complex interplay of intense peat smoke, damp leather, sea spray, and a surprising, waxy citrus sweetness that develops beautifully with a splash of water. It stands as a monument to a bygone era of Scotch whisky production.
🍾 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.