Port Ellen 34yo 1982/2016

Port Ellen 34yo 1982/2016

Extra Old Particular, Douglas Laing
Single malt - Islay
Bright gold
48.5% ABV
Dram

Nose: Fish sauce, soy sauce, wood smoke, dates, brown sugar, leather, peat. 
Mouthfeel: Medium body, thickens, oily, sticky. 
Tasting:  Bitter sweet. Pomegranates, dried apples, brown sugar, fish sauce, smoke, hints of peat. 
Finish: Long. Peanuts, smoked fish, dried apples, leather, peat. 

Comments: 

Cask 11481. This Port Ellen was a real treat. The nose gives me some idea as to what really old Kilchoman might taste like, smoky dates with savoury hints, but on the tongue, it was unmistakably Port Ellen. The savoury hints strengthened into smoked fish, wreathed through with brown sugar and dried apples. Lovely.

Verdict:

I like this a lot.