Port Ellen 1978 Cask Strength - Gordon & MacPhail 35cl

A 35cl bottle of bottle of Port Ellen, distilled on 21 April 1978, and bottled in May 1993 by Gordon & MacPhail as part of their Cask Strength series.

This was bottled from cask numbers 2694 and 2695.

Port Ellen was established as a malt mill in 1825, and later developed into a distillery by John Ramsay. The distillery closed in 1983, though the maltings continue to supply many of Islay's distilleries. Stocks of Port Ellen are still available and the whisky has become highly collectible since the distillery closed, though it is no longer part of Diageo's annual Special Releases. In 2017, Diageo announced that Port Ellen distillery is to be rebuilt in its original buildings, and would reopen in 2020.

This Port Ellen 1978 sold at our online auction for £360