Port Ellen (Jean Boyer) - Best Casks of Scotland 1983, 55% - 23 y.o. - 55,0%2
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- Bottler:
- Jean Boyer
- Age:
- 23 years
- Alcohol:
- 55,0%
- Collection:
- Best casks of Scotland
- Bottle details:
- non chill filtered cask strength
- refill sherry cask
- average
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- (84,85)
- price class:
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The nose is surprisingly fresh and marked more by flowers than by peat, even if the latter is present, but discretely. Light sea hints, an impression of salt with spices on the background.
The first mouth is dry, slightly acid and pungent. After a while, bitterness seems to dominate. A kind of bitterness, quite different from the woody bitterness which is so usual in whiskies from that age. Then the dryness seems to make room to a very pleasant impression of well balanced whisky.
The finish is more bitter, rather long and quite nice. Hazelnut and just a touch of smoke.
NB: this whisky is from the same cask as the 46% version. Dilution does not appear to change the impression left by this whisky, even if I prefer the cask strength version.
2006
