For a very long while I've wanted to try a Port Ellen expression. Nearly all are just about unobtainable for me at this point, so when I saw this was available as a sample for a price that's not quite so upsetting to pay for 30 ml, I jumped on it. It's not terribly old, but I think that's a bonus as opportunities to try pre-closure Port Ellen will only skew more and more aged.
Minutia: Distilled in 1979 and matured for 13 years. Enjoyed neat in a glencairn.
Color: Deep gold, 0.8.
Nose: Earthy, medicinal, salty peat. Something I can’t place, in the medicinal family.
Taste: Thin. Earthy-style peat impact. Ashy. Hint of something sweet.
Finish: Ashy and smoky, fairly long.
The proof is more disappointing than low proof usually is. There was a lot going on in the nose, and the finish was longer than you’d expect from that, but the taste was just too thin to fully work. I can say with certainty that the score would improve at least 3 points with a bit more substance.
Score: 86
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