Port Ellen 1978 Signatory Vintage Port Wood Finish Edition 2

1 000.-

30.05.2026

8154, Oberglatt ZH

Port Ellen 1978 Signatory Vintage Port Wood Finish Edition 2

Distillery: Port Ellen
Vintage: 1978
Region: Islay
Bottler: Signatory Vinatge
Cask Type: Port Finish
Bottled Strength: 59.3%
Bottle Size: 70cl
Distillery Status: Operational

Beschreibung:

For decades Port Ellen was 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. However, it developed a legendary status over the years and in 2017 Diageo eventually announced plans to re-open it. The work was completed in 2024, and the first spirit was distilled in March that year. 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 first 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 Port Ellen was distilled in September 1978 and finished in a single port cask. It was bottled by Signatory Vintage as the second edition of their raneg of port cask finished Port Ellen.

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.