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Port Ellen 1979 40 Years Old Gordon & Macphail Private Collection

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... 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 ...