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Incremental Bidding Explained
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Bottle Details
Port Ellen 1979 Goren's Whisky 37 Year Old / Whisky Live 2018
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 1979 and matured in a single sherry hogshead for 37 years. It was bottled in 2017 by Israel's Goren's Whisky, exclusively for the Israeli market in collaboration with Whisky Live Tel Aviv 2018.
One of 241 bottles.
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