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February 2014 Auction

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21 February 2014
Closed
03 March 2014
1 - 11 of 11 Lots
56.2%
70cl
UK
56.2%
70cl

Port Ellen 1979 22 Year Old 1st Release

The first of the incredibly popular Port Ellen annual releases.  Distilled in 1979 and bottled 22 years later in 2001, bottled at cask strength and limited to 6,000 bottles, this is bottle 0443.

Port Ellen is the lost jewel of the Islay crown. Closure in 1983 has enabled this distillery to receive a near mythical amount of love and respect. As stocks get thinner on the ground, these bottles become rarer and rarer

56.2%
70cl
UK
56.2%
70cl

Port Ellen 1978 25 Year Old 4th Release

The fourth in the wildly popular Port Ellen annual releases.  Distilled in 1978 and bottled 25 years later in 2004, bottled at cask strength and limited to 5,100 bottles, this is bottle 0464.

Port Ellen is the lost jewel of the Islay crown. Closure in 1983 has enabled this distillery to receive a near mythical amount of love and respect. As stocks get thinner on the ground, these bottles become rarer and rarer.

Please note  that there are some very feint marks on the box.

50%
70cl
UK
50%
70cl

Port Ellen 1979 Douglas Laing 25 Year Old

A lovely Old Malt Cask release from Douglas Laing, this Port Ellen was distilled in December 1979 before being bottled 25 years later in July 2005.

Finished for 6 months in sherry wood, this single cask only produced 425 bottles.

43%
70cl
UK
43%
70cl

Port Ellen 1980 21 Year old Silver Seal

A slightly younger Port Ellen than you normally see from the long closed Islay legend. This was bottled for the Italian market by the Glasgow based company. Bottle 118 of 240

63.5%
70cl
UK
63.5%
70cl

Port Charlotte PC5

Port Charlotte is a heavily peated spirit produced by Bruichladdich in rememberance and hope for a long list distillery at Port Charlotte on Islay, which closed in 1929. 

Matured in both bourbon and sherry cask this 5 year old spirit was limited to 6,038 bottles.

50%
70cl
UK
50%
70cl

Port Ellen 1982 Douglas Laing 25 Year Old

A sherry cask matured Port Ellen as part of Douglas Laing's Provenance range.

Bottled in the summer of 2008 and matured for 25 years since the winter of 1982, independant bottlings are quickly becoming the only affordable way to reach Port Ellen's.

57%
70cl
UK
57%
70cl

Paul John Debut Cask P1-161

The first release from the new Indian producer Paul John, based in Goa.

Matured in a single bourbon cask P1-161.

59.8%
70cl
UK
59.8%
70cl

Port Charlotte PC10

Port Charlotte is a heavily peated spirit produced by Bruichladdich in rememberance and hope for a long list distillery at Port Charlotte on Islay, which closed in 1929. 

 

The coming of age version of Port Charlotte, PC10.  The Trona Linntean - in English means 'Through the Generation' to celebrate the young craftsmen coming through the distillery.

Bottle number 554 of 6,000.

40%
70cl
UK
40%
70cl

Edradour 10 Year Old 75cl and Poster

Bottled with a lovely poster this Edradour 10 year old comes from the late 1980s or early 1990s.

75cl

Image for North Port Brechin 1982 Gordon and Macphail
43%
70cl
UK
43%
70cl

North Port Brechin 1982 Gordon and Macphail 

Another Gordon and Macphail bottling of North Port Brechin, distilled in 1982 and bottled in 2008, matured in refill sherry hogsheads.

Image for North Port Brechin 1981 Gordon and Macphail
43%
70cl
UK
43%
70cl

North Port Brechin 1981 Gordon and Macphail 

Mothballed in 1983 and demolished in 1990, the site now houses a Supermarket. 

North Port is quickly becoming scarce, this 1981 release from Gordon and Macphail was bottled in 2006 aged approximately 25 years old.

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