✦ Neatly Summary

Port Ellen 1979 / 32 Year Old / 12th Release (2012) Islay Whisky is a from Port Ellen (United Kingdom), bottled at 40% ABV. Expect intensely smoky, peaty and sweet character — smokey, sherried, old wood, leathery. Best suited for experienced drinkers who enjoy bold, complex whiskies. A collector's expression at a premium price point.

Port Ellen's 1979 distillate, released in 2012 as the 12th official bottling from this legendary closed Islay distillery, spent 32 years maturing in refill American and European oak. The prolonged maturation mellows Port Ellen's characteristic smoke and brine into a more rounded maritime character, with deeper notes of dried seaweed, leather, and faint peat smoke balanced by orchard fruit and sea salt. At 52.5%, the texture is silky and complex, with a long, evolving finish that shifts from peaty warmth to mineral dryness. Essential for peated whisky enthusiasts and collectors of discontinued distillery stock.

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