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Port Ellen 1978 39 Year Old Untold Stories: The Spirit Safe

Lot: 309334

Port Ellen 1978 39 Year Old Untold Stories: The Spirit Safe

Winning Bid: £3,200

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Port Ellen
Age: 
39 Years Old
Vintage: 
1978
Region: 
Islay
Bottler: 
Official
Cask Type: 
See Lot Description
Bottled Strength: 
50.9%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Closed
product Details

Port Ellen 1978 39 Year Old Untold Stories: The Spirit Safe

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 then bottled the first publicly available distillery bottlings as part of the Rare Malts Selection, followed by a series of annual special releases.

This was the first release from a new series of bottles from the legendary Islay distillery, titled Untold Stories. Future releases will follow and are designed to explore the "innovative and trailblazing background" behind the Port Ellen distillery.

Distilled in 1978, this elegant and complex whisky is expertly married from a selection of ex-bourbon and ex-European sherry refill casks. 

In keeping with the Spirit Safe theme, the bottle is displayed in a smart cabinet where you need not one, but two keys to gain access. 

This bottle is being sold from the Pat's Whisk(e)y private collection which, numbering in excess of 9,000 bottles and over 2,000 miniatures, is the single largest collection of whisky ever to be brought to auction. Pat's Whisk(e)y is the result of over fifteen years of passion and dedication to the goal of creating one of the most complete libraries of whisky and whiskey ever amassed by an individual collector. It contains bottles from over 150 different Scottish distilleries, as well as bourbon, rare Scotch releases from sought-after independent bottlers in Europe, and whisky from other distilleries across the globe. Whisky Auctioneer is delighted to have partnered with Pat's Whisk(e)y to offer this collection across a number of exclusive and spotlight auctions. For more information, please click here.

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