February 2015 Auction

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 1420.

Port Ellen is the lost jewel in 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.

The bottle is in excellent condition, the front box label has a tiny touch of water staining. 

Talisker 1973 28 Year Old Single Cask Oddbins' Exclusive

At the time of release, the 100 bottles of this were from the oldest casks at Talisker.  Exclusive to Oddbins, this very, very limited release of Talisker sold out within hours and has been one of the rarest Taliskers since. Includes the original leaflet that Oddbins produced to promote the whisky. 

Bottle number 18 of 100, cask number 4633

Port Ellen Elements of Islay Collection (Pe1 / Pe2 /Pe3 /Pe4 /Pe5)

A range of no age statement Port Ellens bottled by Speciality Drinks Ltd in 50cl bottles. 

-Pe1 58.7% bottled in 2009.

-Pe2 59.5% bottled in 2010. 

-Pe3 54.8%, Ex-Bourbon cask bottled in 2010.

-Pe4 58.2% bottled in 2011. 

-Pe5 57.9% bottled in 2011. 

Port Ellen 1978 34 Year Old 13th Release

The thirteenth edition of the incredibly popular Port Ellen annual releases.  Distilled in 1978 and bottled 34 years later in 2013, bottled at cask strength and limited to 2,958 bottles, this is bottle 0066.

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.

Bottle and box are in excellent condition.

Talisker 100 Proof Cadenhead's 1960s

A very old Cadenhead's bottling of Talisker with very little information on the label. 

100 Proof 26 2/3 Fl Ozs. 

Dalmore 1960 25 Year Old

A very very rare bottling of Dalmore, distilled in 1960 and aged for 25 years before bottling in the mid 1980s.

Limited edition bottle number 404, presented in a classic wooden box - what a wonderful contrast to recent well aged Dalmore's.

Port Ellen 1978 27 Year Old 6th Release

The sixth edition of the incredibly popular Port Ellen annual releases.  Distilled in 1978 and bottled 27 years later in 2006, bottled at cask strength and limited to 4,560 bottles, this is bottle 4719.

Port Ellen is the lost jewel in 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.

The bottle and box are in excellent condition.

Port Ellen 10^th. Release 31yo

The tenth release of this famed Limited Edition series from Diageo.  Distilled  1978, bottled 2010 @ 54.6% & 70cl., this is bottle 1583 of only 3000 issued, in original velvet lined presentation box, good neck level, the entire package is pristine.

Port Ellen 1978 24 Year Old 2nd Release

The second of the incredibly popular Port Ellen annual releases.  Distilled in 1978 and bottled 24 years later in 2002, bottled at cask strength and limited to 12,000 bottles, this is bottle 8336.

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.

Bottle and box are in excellent condition.

Port Ellen 1979 25 Year Old 5th Release

The fifth release of the incredibly popular Port Ellen annual releases.  Distilled in 1979 and bottled 25 years later in 2003, bottled at cask strength and limited to 5280 bottles, this is bottle 4505.

Port Ellen is the lost jewel in 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.

Port Ellen 1979 30 Year Old 9th Release

The ninth of the incredibly popular Port Ellen annual releases.  Distilled in 1979 and bottled 30 years later in 2009, bottled at cask strength and limited to 5,916 bottles, this is bottle 4073.

Port Ellen is the lost jewel in 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.

The bottle and box are in excellent condition.

Port Ellen 1978 29 Year Old 8th Release

The eighth of the incredibly popular Port Ellen annual releases.  Distilled in 1978 and bottled 29 years later in 2008, bottled at cask strength and limited to 6,618 bottles, this is bottle 5808.

Port Ellen is the lost jewel in 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.

Bottle number 2213 of 6618.

The bottle and box are in excellent condition.

Talisker 1981 20 Year Old

Bottled in 2002 as part of Diageo's Super Premium release.  This Talisker, distilled in 1981 has quickly become very desirable - no thanks to Jim Murray who scored this 95 points and making the comment 'Miss this and your life will be incomplete'. 

Matured in a sherry cask and released as a 20 year old this is bottle number 0120 of 9,000.

Dallas Dhu 1962 Cadenhead's 16 Year Old

Distilled in December 1962 and bottled September1979, this is a Cadenhead bottling of the closed Speyside distillery. 

Please note condition of labels and box. 

Teaninich 1957 Cadenhead's 26 Year Old

One of several of these old Cadenhead's bottlings in our current auction.  

Distilled at Teaninich in 1957 and bottled 26 years later in January 1984.

Condition is near perfect, with exceptional fill level and only some minor peeling of the label.

75cl

Dalmore Clan Mackenzie Series  3 x 70cl (Mackenzie, Castle Leod, Cromartie)

These whiskies were release to pay homage to the Clan Mackenzie and generate funds for the restoration of the Clan Mackenzie's ancestral home the Castle Leod.

Dalmore Mackenzie 

Distilled in 1992 and bottled in 2010. Matured in a bourbon hogsheads for 11 years before a finishing period of 6 years in port pipes. 46%. 

Dalmore Castle Leod

Distilled in 1995 and bottled in 2011. Matured in American white oak and Spanish sherry wood, before being finished in Bordeaux casks. 46%. 

Dalmore Cromartie

Distilled in 1996 and bottled in 2012. Matured in American white oak before being transferred to Oloroso sherry casks, from Gonzalez Byass. 45%

Please note there may be an addtional shipping cost for this product. 

Port Ellen 1982 Bladnoch Forum 24 Year Old

Distilled in October 1982 and bottled in November 2006. 

One of 644 bottles. 

Port Ellen 27 Year Old Wilson and Morgan

Distilled in 1982 and bottled 2010 and was matured in Butt number 2347. 

Presented in a sturdy wooden box. 

Port Ellen 1979 28 Year Old 7th Release 20cl

The seventh of the incredibly popular Port Ellen annual releases.  Distilled in 1979 and bottled 28 years later in 2007, bottled at cask strength and limited to 5,274 bottles.

Port Ellen is the lost jewel in 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.

Port Ellen 1978 Douglas Laing 25 Year Old

A single cask Port Ellen distilled in September 1978 and then bottled in February 2004. 

One of 604 bottles. 

Port Ellen 1979 Douglas Laing 26 Year Old

A single cask Port Ellen distilled in November 1979 and bottled in October 2006. 

One of 514 bottles. 

Port Ellen 1979 Signatory Vintage 24 Year Old Burgundy Finish

A very rare Signatory Vintage release, distilled in 1979 and bottled in 2004.

Please note there is no box. 

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.

Bottle number 1196 of 6038.

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.

Bottle number 4241 of 6038.

Port Ellen Elements of Islay Pe5

Cask Strength no age statement Port Ellen released by Speciality Drinks Ltd (The Whisky Exchange). 

Port Ellen 1981 Douglas Laing 18 Year Old

Distilled in Winter 1981 and bottled 2000 this is a younger expression of Port Ellen.

Please note lose tax stamp.

Port Ellen 1980 Gordon and Macphail

Bottled in 1996 this is a rare chance to try Port Ellen at a younger age. 

Dallas Dhu 24 Year Old Historic Scotland Cask Strength

Distilled in 1982 not long before the distilleries closure then bottled in 2007 by Historic Scotland, the Goveenment body that runs the former distillery as a museum. 

Cask number 3739 and bottle number 500. 

Dalmore Millennium Release 1263 Custodian 2012 / 1st Release

Dalmore introduced the idea of becoming a Dalmore Custodian in 2010.

This is the first bottling to be released exclusively for the Dalmore Custodians'.  The whisky was filled into a cask at midnight on January 1st 2000 and will be gradually released at it's major birthday's of 12 years, 15 years and 18 years old.

This 'Millenium Release' was bottled in 2012 to mark the 12th birthday of this spirit, bottled from a single cask yielding only 421 bottles, approximately the same number will be released in 2015 and 2018.

Dalmore Millennium Release 1263 Custodian 2012 / 1st Release

The first cask to be bottled for Dalmore's custodians, a concept introduced by the distillery for it's followers in 2012.

A trio of casks were filled at midnight on January 1st 2000 and gradually released on their 12th, 15th, and 18th birthday's.

This is the first 'Millennium Release', bottled in 2012 as a 12 year old. Initiallly matured in an American oak ex-bourbon cask, before being finished in a Matusalem oloroso sherry cask.

Thomas H Handy Sazerac 2012 Release

Part of Buffalo Trace's annual antique collection. The 2011 release won Jim Murray's Whisky of the Year! 

Dallas Dhu 1979 Chieftain's 25 Year Old

A single cask Dallas Dhu distilled in in June 1979 and bottled September 2004. Matured in Sherry butt number 1380. 

One of 498 bottles.