PORT ELLEN - 1980 - Silver Seal First Bottling - 21 years old - 43%
Silver Seal is an independent Italian bottling brand, distributed by Massimo Righi , the manager of a small company called Whiskey Antique . This wide range covers all the richness of the best Scottish whiskeys, as well as many Caribbean rums. The company markets carefully selected small bottlings of memorable expressions.
This expression comes from the Port Ellen Distillery located on the island of Islay , Scotland. It was distilled in 1980 and aged for 21 years . This whiskey comes from a single cask.
The Port Ellen Distillery is located in Port Ellen on the island of Islay , Scotland . Port Ellen was established as a malt mill in 1825, then developed as a distillery under John Ramsay from 1833 to 1892. The warehouses he built still exist and are listed buildings. The distillery was acquired by Distillers Company Limited in 1925, closed in 1930 and rebuilt in 1966-67. It continued to produce throughout the 1970s and was closed in 1983 , although stocks of its Single Malt whiskey were still available.