Port Ellen - Very Rare Bottles

Abbey Whisky Newsletter sent May 2012

Issue - Port Ellen

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Port Ellen 1st Annual Release

Launched back in 2001 this is the very first bottling of the on-going Port Ellen Annual Release by Diageo. £1500.00 (£1250.00 ex vat)

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Port Ellen 2nd Annual Release

Port Ellen 2nd Annual Release, distilled in 1978 and left to mature for 24 years before being bottled at cask strength in 2002 with 12,000 bottles filled. £594.00 (£495.00 ex vat) Click here to buy Port Ellen 2nd Annual Release

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Port Ellen 3rd Annual Release

Port Ellen 24 year old single malt whisky bottled by Diageo as part of their annual special releases. Laid to rest in 1979 for 24 long years before being bottled in 2003 with only 9000 bottles filled. £395.00 (£329.17 ex vat) Click here to buy Port Ellen 3rd Annual Release

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Port Ellen 5th Annual Release

Distilled in 1979 and aged for 25 years, this stunning Port Ellen 5th Annual Release is one of only 5,280 bottles released in 2005. Bottled at 57.4% Vol. £642.00 (£535.00 ex vat) Click here to buy Port Ellen 5th Annual Release

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Port Ellen 7th Annual Release

Port Ellen 7th Annual release, distilled in 1979 and aged for 28 years before being bottled in 2007 at 53.8%. 5274 bottles filled of this wonderful Islay single malt whisky. £570.00 (£475.00 ex vat) Click here to buy Port Ellen 7th Annual Release

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Port Ellen 8th Annual Release

Port Ellen 8th Annual Release, laid to rest in 1978 for 29 years before being bottled at cask strength in 2008 as part of Diageo's annual release of whiskies. 6618 bottles filled at 55.3% Vol & presented in a slightly changed style of packaging . £396.00 (£330.00 ex vat) Click here to buy Port Ellen 8th Annual Release

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Port Ellen 9th Annual Release

Port Ellen 9th Annual Release, a very fine bottling at natural cask-strength from Islay's lost distillery, Port Ellen. £494.40 (£412.00 ex vat) Click here to buy Port Ellen 9th Annual Release

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Port Ellen Feis Ile 2008

Bottled especially for the 2008 Islay Music and Whisky Festival (Feis Ile). Selling out within hours with people camping overnight to secure this extremely rare, once in a life time bottling. This was the very first single cask release by Port Ellen, with around 220 bottles filled. £2950.00 (£2458.33 ex vat) Click here to buy Port Ellen Feis Ile 2008

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Port Ellen Maltings 25th Anniversary

For over 30 years Port Ellen Maltings has supplied the finest malt to the Islay & Jura distilleries. This anniversary bottling made with heavily peated malt is an excellent example and fitting tribute to the skill of the people who worked there over the years. Distilled in 1973, bottled in 1998, this 21 year old Islay malt whisky is in perfect condition. £2760.00 (£2300.00 ex vat) Click here to buy Port Ellen Maltings

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Port Ellen 1982 Connoisseurs Choice

A refill Sherry butt from 1982, bottled in 2010 and released by Gordon & MacPhail under their Connoisseurs Choice series. £198.00 (£165.00 ex vat) Click here to buy Port Ellen Connoisseurs Choice

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Port Ellen Provenance 21 Year Old

Bottled by Douglas McGibbon & Co (Douglas Laing) this Port Ellen single malt whisky was bottled from a single Sherry cask which was laid to rest in the Spring of 1982. Aged for 21 years in cask #319 this stunning Port Ellen was bottled in 2004 at 46% vol. £224.40 (£187.00 ex vat) Click here to buy Port Ellen Provenance

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