Port Ellen 1982 Release 1996 No. 2572 Wilson & Morgan

Port Ellen is the lost jewel of Islay: in fact, the distillery was closed by Diageo in 1983 due to excessive production of peaty whiskies for blending and the (mistaken, in retrospect) assessment that there was a lack of interest in this whisky as a single malt. In later years it acquired a legendary status, and only one official bottling was produced during the distillery's lifetime. Diageo bottled more after 1983, but it is the independent bottlers who have made it possible to taste this extraordinary single malt.

Such is the case with this single cask #2572 from Wilson & Morgan, an independent Italian bottler from Treviso, distilled in 1982 and bottled in 1996 at 43%.