Producing WhiskyCast has given me the opportunity to taste some really amazing whiskies, and I’m pleased to share my tasting notes with you here. You can search my entire database of tasting notes from this page, and I hope you’ll find it useful.
This rare Port Ellen single malt was bottled by Gordon & MacPhail in 1997, and the nose has a soft peatiness with touches of creosote, heather, honey, vanilla, driftwood, smoked salmon, and a hint of lemon zest. The taste has a citrusy tartness to go with the usual peat smoke and a good pepperiness that fades gradually to reveal notes of honey, butterscotch, vanilla, and heather with a great balance. The finish is long with lingering pepperiness and smoke balanced by a honey sweetness. Excellent! (November, 2017).
Editor’s note: Thanks to Davin de Kergommeaux and Frank Scott for sharing this bottle during a Port Ellen vertical tasting at the 2017 New Brunswick Spirits Festival.
This rare Port Ellen single malt was bottled by Gordon & MacPhail in 1997, and the nose has a soft peatiness with touches of creosote, heather, honey, vanilla, driftwood, smoked salmon, and a hint of lemon zest. The taste has a citrusy tartness to go with the usual peat smoke and a good pepperiness that fades gradually to reveal notes of honey, butterscotch, vanilla, and heather with a great balance. The finish is long with lingering pepperiness and smoke balanced by a honey sweetness. Excellent! (November, 2017).
