Port Ellen 25 Year Old 1979 - 4th Release (70cl, 56.2%)

Rare single malt whisky from the sadly closed distillery of Port Ellen on Islay. This was part of Diageo's Special Releases in 2005 with 5,280 sought-after bottles produced.

Nose: Big hit of grapefruit and melon, nicely tropical... Then switches to the peat, but not huge peat, nicely balanced again...

Palate: Very sweet, but balanced with a hitherto unseen salinity in droves...

Finish: I'm just going to transpose the comment from the Dictaphone here: “Whisky’s really nice isn't it?”

Overall: A marked departure from the previous bunch, much more tropical and zesty. Perhaps the most stereotypical Port Ellen of the first five releases.