Port Ellen 1979 Cask Strength - Gordon & MacPhail 70cl / 60.7%

A bottle of Port Ellen, distilled on 11 December 1979 and bottled in October 2000 by Gordon & MacPhail as part of the Cask Strength series.

This was bottled from cask numbers 7244 and 7247.

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 1979 sold at our online auction for £675