Port Ellen 1979 40 Year Prima & Ultima Collection (First Release)
Single Malt
Port Ellen // Islay, Scotland
In July 2020, Diageo announced the first set of vintage single malt whiskies in its Prima & Ultima limited edition series featuring Port Ellen and seven other distilleries. They were all selected by Dr. Jim Beveridge and bottled at their natural cask strength.
For this 1979 vintage release, the whisky was matured in one single refill European oak butt (#6422) for 40 years. Bottled at 51.2% ABV.
In July 2020, Diageo announced the first set of vintage single malt whiskies in its Prima & Ultima limited edition series featuring Port Ellen and seven other distilleries. They were all selected by Dr. Jim Beveridge and bottled at their natural cask strength. For this 1979 vintage release, the whisky was matured in one single refill European oak butt (#6422) for 40 years. Bottled at 51.2% ABV.
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age40 Year
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abv51.2
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Single MaltDistilled in pot stills from 100% malted barley, produced at one distillery, aged in barrels; if Scotch or Irish, must be aged for at least three years.
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Cask Typerefill European oak butt