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Port Ellen 1983 Douglas Laing 23 Year Old / Old and Rare - Bar Metro 40th Anniversary - Signed by Giorgio D'Ambrosio

Lot: 6142526

Port Ellen 1983 Douglas Laing 23 Year Old / Old and Rare - Bar Metro 40th Anniversary - Signed by Giorgio D'Ambrosio

Winning Bid: £1,456
(Reserve has been met) This lot currently has: 30 bids

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Port Ellen
Age: 
23 Year Old
Vintage: 
1983
Region: 
Islay
Bottler: 
Douglas Laing
Cask Type: 
n/a
Bottled Strength: 
54.9%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Closed
product Details

Port Ellen 1983 Douglas Laing 23 Year Old / Old and Rare - Bar Metro 40th Anniversary - Signed by Giorgio D'Ambrosio

A single cask bottling of Port Ellen, the legendary closed Islay distillery.

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.

Distilled in February 1983, the distillery's final year of production, and bottled in 2006 exclusively for Italy to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Bar Metro, Milano. This bottle has also been personally signed by Giorgio D'Ambrosio, Bar Metro's devoted owner. 

The Old & Rare series was bottled by Douglas Laing until 2013 when the brand became part of the Hunter Laing portfolio instead.

Douglas Laing & Co was established in 1948 by Fred Douglas Laing, affectionately known as “FDL.” The company started out as a blending business, but over time their focus shifted towards independently bottlings single malts. Fred died in 1982, leaving the business to his two sons, Stewart and Fred Jr, who eventually carved it up in 2013, with Stewart leaving to establish Hunter Laing. Fred Jr and his daughter Cara now run Douglas Laing, which continues to bottle single malt and has also revived its blending business. Additionally, the company has recently moved into distilling as well, announcing plans to construct the new Clutha distillery in Glasgow, and taking over Strathearn in Perthshire in 2019.

One of 360 bottles.

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