Port Ellen 1979 30 Years Islay Single Malt Whisky Cask Strength 55.6% ABV from the Old Malt Cask series and the 60th Anniversary Commemerative Bottling of Douglas Laing - limited to 234 bottles and extremely rare version of closed Distillery
The Old Malt Cask commemorative bottling from Douglas Laing, a very special 30 year old Port Ellen to celebrate Douglas Laings 60th Anniversary 1949-2009. No chill filtering, no colouring and bottled at natural cask strength. This bottle is one of 234 from a refill hogshead. A legendary and very rare bottling from Port Ellen.
The company Douglas Laing and Co. LTD was established over 67 years ago by Fred Douglas Laing in Glasgow and is today one of the leading and most well-known independent bottlers for Blended Scotch Whisky and the finest, exquisite and rare Single Cask Scotch whiskies. The company is since 1948 owned by the family and the company is still run today by the Laing family. The philosophy for the bottlings was always - no coloring, no chill filtering and nonsense and whiskies are bottled at cask strength, no artificial coloring and not chill-filtered to obtain the unique character of each whisky from the extensive stock of Douglas Laing. The company has a strong sense of family and is now run by the third generation of Fred Junior and his daughter Cara. The second son of Fred Sr., Stewart Laing decided in 2013 and after more than 40 years together with the establishment of the Hunter Laing and Co., their own paths and that existing brands or bottlings from the known series like Provenance of high quality whiskies to use XOP or Directors Cut and the valuable collections together. Among connoisseurs Douglas Laing is known and famous for a virtually inexhaustible supply of some very old casks coveted single malt and grain whiskies of well-known manufacturers and also lost Distilleries as Ardbeg, Bowmore, Bunnahabhain, Cragganmore, Caperdonich, Clynelish, Dalmore, Highland Park, Inchgower, Linkwood, Macallan, Mortlach, Strathmill, Talisker, Tomatin, Port Ellen, St. Magdalene and many other world-renowned malts. In particular, the bottlings of the famous Old Malt Cask and Directors Cut series are in great demand today among connoisseurs and collectors, have won multiple world awards and enjoy an almost legendary reputation. The portfolio of Douglas Laing consists of single cask bottlings selected malt and grain whiskies. The heart may be referred certainly the partly very old and rare Cask Strength bottlings from the Director s Cut and XOP series, which have excellent quality and come in small editions on the market. The Old Malt Cask series, could acquire an independent bottler international fame and recognition with the Douglas Laing, since the separation of the two brothers heard Laing in 2013 to Hunter Laing.
- Nose: fresh, great sweetness with peach, apricot, pineapple, green apple, light smoke, salt - very intense
- Palate: slightly smoky, some peat, oily, very spicy, a little sweet with licorice
- Finish: long and warm, smoky with a pleasant bitterness
- Colour: rich golden yellow
- Typ: Single Malt Whisky - Independent bottling
- District: Islay
- Vintage: 1979
- Age 30 years old
- Year Bottled 2009
- Cask Wood Type: refill Hogshead matured
- Alcohol ABV% 55.6 - Cask Strength
- Bottle Size 70cl / 700ml
- not coloured / not chill filtered
- Bottling Serie: Old Malt Cask Commemerative Bottling 60th Anniversary
- Packaging original wooden boxed
- Importeur: Douglas Laing and Co. Ltd. Douglas House 18 Lynedoch Crescent Glasgow G3 6EQ/GB
- Country of Origin Scotland
- limited - one of 234 bottles
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