Xtra Old Particular Port Ellen 36yo 1979 (56,6%)

The Xtra Old Particular Port Ellen 36 years old 1979 is an older Islay single malt from the closed Port Ellen distillery bottled in the Xtra Old Particular series by the independent bottler Douglas Laing. This Port Ellen was distilled in May 1979 and matured in refill hogshead DL 10914. It was bottled in September 2015 at natural cask strength of 56,6% ABV, non chill filtered and with no added colour, as a limited single cask release of 227 bottles.

Official tasting notes:

Nose: subtly peated, running to warm beach sand and citrus with now more evident phenols

Palate: inititially sweet and peat, with coal dust and chimney soot all showing through its pelagic style

Finish: all of the above is evident plus more spice, soft chewed leather and late tar