Port Ellen (Jean Boyer) - Best Casks of Scotland 1983 - 21 y.o. - 46,0%
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- Bottler:
- Jean Boyer
- Age:
- 21 years
- Alcohol:
- 46,0%
- Collection:
- Best casks of Scotland
- Bottle details:
- distillation: 1983 bottling: 2004
- First fill sherry
- cask nr:1346
- average
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- (83,70)
- price class:
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The rather floral nose reveals very nice notes of smoke, pear and iodine on the background. Something like haddock in a bunch of roses. Unfortunately, the expectations woke by the nose are not verified in the palate.
The mouth is slightly marked by the alcohol, which makes the whisky lose a part of its charms. After a while, the aromas develop ant the peat and discrete smoke are still present.
The finish is pleasant but a bit short, and comes back on malt on a peaty background.
2005Quite a nuanced nose with fruit (banana) and malt and a touch of smoke on the background. Light chocolate and nutty notes. Discrete peat.
The mouth is a mix of malt, chocolate and peat with touches of slightly acid notes giving the whole a nice freshness. Pleasant but could have some more body and complexity at the first tasting. Letting the whisky for some seconds in the palate helps developing its qualities. The lack at body seems to turn in excessive discretion and refinement.
The finish is long and keeps the memory of the malt and of this little acid touch before developing on warm chocolate hints.
2008
