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Port Ellen 1977 Gordon and MacPhail Cask Strength Miniature

Lot: 224076

Port Ellen 1977 Gordon and MacPhail Cask Strength Miniature

Winning Bid: £40

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Port Ellen
Age: 
n/a
Vintage: 
1977
Region: 
Islay
Bottler: 
Gordon & MacPhail
Cask Type: 
N/A
Bottled Strength: 
59.7%
Bottle Size: 
5cl
Distillery Status: 
Closed
product Details

Port Ellen 1977 Gordon and MacPhail Cask Strength Miniature 

Port Ellen is the lost jewel in the Islay crown, closed down by DCL (now Diageo) in 1983 due to an oversupply of peated whisky for blending and a perceived lack of interest in it as a single malt. It has developed a legendary status in the years since. A very rare 12 year old bottled for attendees of the visit of Queen Elizabeth II in 1980 is believed to have been the only distillery bottling produced in its years of operation. Diageo have bottled more since, but it is the independent companies that have given the whisky world the best chance to sample this sought after single malt.

This is part of the Cask Strength range, a more recent version of the Original 'Cask' series, which represented Gordon & MacPhail’s first foray into natural strength bottlings in order to keep up with the market trend in preference for these in the late 1980s.

Distilled in 1977 and bottled August 1991 from single cask #2017.

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