This single malt whisky from Port Ellen is part of The Private Collection series by Gordon & MacPhail. Distilled on the 11th December 1979 and bottled on the 19th December 2019 from cask 7236.

One of only 407 bottles produced.

... wow that's something very special. I never really liked Port Ellen in any of the other editions, nor did I support the price. Here you have Ardbeg, Bowmore and a 40-year-old Bruichladdich from the 70s in your glass ... Nose ... rich aromas of sun-ripened red apples and peaches, nuts, with delicate sweet spices. Notes of strawberry, vanilla, liquorice, spicy citrus elements and cold smoke. Taste ... intense, warm, oily, peach, black pepper, baked apple. Traces of fresh orchard enriched by old mature oak. A light herb edge develops with coffee, chocolate and always fruity sweetness. Finish ... very very very long and sweet with light, fruity peat smoke clouds, heather and cold, extinguished campfire, phenols, ashes with tobacco ...