Port Ellen 35 Year Old XOP Smokehead with ripe fruits on a

with ripe fruits on a herbal and slightly spicy base

ginger and pepper spice surge forward

A new release from mid-2018 when the Old Pulteney range received an overhaul

but delivered at cask strength in a double-size magnum bottle

Nose: Gentle vanilla sweetness

Port Ellen 35 Year Old XOP Smokehead with ripe fruits on aA single cask release by independent bottlers Douglas Laing in their Xtra Old Particular (XOP) range. The Port Ellen distillery was closed in 1983 and has since become one of the world's most sought after whiskies for drinkers and collectors. Distilled in March 1983, matured for 35 years in a single sherry hogshead and bottled in March 2019. Only 128 bottles were produced. Non chillfiltered, naturally coloured and bottled at a natural cask strength of