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Port Ellen 1978 Signatory Vintage 23 Year Old / Cask #5352

Lot: 6147802

Port Ellen 1978 Signatory Vintage 23 Year Old / Cask #5352

Winning Bid: £993

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Port Ellen
Age: 
23 Year Old
Vintage: 
1978
Region: 
Islay
Bottler: 
Signatory Vintage
Cask Type: 
ex-Sherry
Bottled Strength: 
55.3%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Closed
product Details

Port Ellen 1978 Signatory Vintage 23 Year Old / Cask #5352

Signatory Vintage were established in 1988 by Andrew Symington and are one of Scotland's most prolific independent bottlers. Their offices and bottling facility are located next to Edradour distillery, which they have also owned since 2002.

This whisky was distilled on 7th September 1978 and aged in single ex-Sherry cask #5352 for 23 years.

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.

One of 252 bottles.

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