Port Ellen 27yo 1983/2010

Port Ellen 27yo 1983/2010

Douglas of Drumlanrig, Douglas Laing
Single malt - Islay
Golden
46% ABV
Dram

Nose: Roast beef, cinnamon, baked apples, smoke, leather, peat, hints of fish sauce. 
Mouthfeel: Light body, loose, airy, cool. 
Tasting:  Bitter. Roast beef, honey, apple juice, leather, white grapes, smoke, hints of raisins. 
Finish: Medium. Fish sauce, dates, raisins, apple juice, white grapes. 

Comments: 

Cask LD 6443. Another chance to taste Port Ellen, can’t be many left. Anyway, it’s a slightly atypical one, the smoke is gentle and fades a little into the background, there are a lot of fruity notes over the underlying savouriness that I like in Port Ellen. 

Verdict:

I like this.