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Port Ellen 30th Anniversary 35 Year Old, Refill Sherry Butt Cask, Cask #2040, 1982, Signatory Vintage, 55.1%
Port Ellen

Port Ellen 30th Anniversary 35 Year Old, Refill Sherry Butt Cask, Cask #2040, 1982, Signatory Vintage, 55.1%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 57
Average Score
Avg 92
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Description

An Islay distillery that developed a cult status following its closure by Distillery Company in 1983. Originally only providing fillings for blends, its single had become hugely sought-after by the turn of the 21st century, so much so in fact that it was re-opened again by Diageo in 2024. One of Scotland's most prolific whisky companies, Signatory Vintage, founded as an independent bottler by Andrew Symington in 1988, bottled this 35 year old Port Ellen. It was distilled on 2nd September 1982 and bottled on 31st July 2018 for their 30th Anniversary, drawn from a single refill Sherry butt.

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Whisky AuctioneerAuction Sold Price - Aug 10, 2026SGD 2,583.25
Region
Islay
Age
35 Years
Vintage
1982
Bottled
2018
ABV
55.1%
Volume
70cl
Distillery
Port Ellen
Origin
Scotland
Cask type
Sherry Cask
Bottling
Independent Bottling - Signatory Vintage
Peated
Peated
Single cask
Yes
Non-chill filtered
Yes
Cask origin
N.A
Cask no.
2040
Batch
N.A
PPM
N.A
Barley
N.A
Fermentation
N.A
Master distiller (bottling)
N.A
Master distiller (distillation)
N.A
Limited edition
Yes
Bottle count
567
Has box
Yes
Closure
Cork
Presentation
Presentation case with two branded nosing glasses
Series highlights
Signatory Vintage 30th Anniversary
Historical context
N.A
Special release
30th Anniversary
Allocation
N.A
Nose
A complex aroma of summer seaside seafood barbecue, grilling shellfish over charcoal, and charred lemons, complemented by notes of wet chalk, diesel, Kalamata olives, peaches, yellow plums, honey, lime, and waxy paraffin. Hints of sea spray, eucalyptus, mild coal smoke, gun oil, and smoldering candle are also present.
Palate
A thick mouthfeel with a continuation of the nose, featuring shellfish over charcoal grill, grilled shrimp, and intensifying smokier notes. Sweet and fruity peaches lead to peaty and tarry elements, with seaweed, brine, iodine, and herbal notes like sage and camphor. Further fruitiness includes mango, sweet grapefruit, vanilla, olive brine, and liquorice, alongside buttercream, rich toffee, honey, almonds, oats, light oakiness, firm ash, and minerality.
Finish
Incredibly long, with lasting charcoal grilled shrimp and smoldering charcoal. Sweet and smoky, slightly peppery with a hint of herbal bitterness, a big pop of earthy peat smoke, lemon, grapefruit, strong tea, seawater, iodine, fresh-cut grass, and some tannic bitterness. It is tingly, astringent, with some wood on the tongue and a notable minerality.
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