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Port Ellen 1982-2007 - Berry Bros & Rudd - Berrys Own Selection - Single Cask 2851


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Port Ellen 1982-2007 - Berry Bros & Rudd - Berrys Own Selection - Single Cask 2851
Port Ellen 1982-2007 - Berry Bros & Rudd - Berrys Own Selection - Single Cask 2851
LOT ID: 0224-743


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£420.00

End Date: 20 Mar 2024

Port Ellen 1982-2007 - Berry Bros & Rudd - Berrys Own Selection - Single Cask 2851

Port Ellen 1982-2007. Bottled by Berry Bros & Rudd for their Berry's Own Selection. Cask number 2851. 70cl. 55.6%.

Distillery:  Port Ellen

Distillery Status:  Closed

Bottler: Berry Bros & Rudd

Region: Islay

Distilled Year: 1982

Bottling Year: 2007

Limited Edition: yes

Cask Number: 2851

Category: Single Malt

Country: Scotland

Bottle Size: 70cl / 700ml

ABV: 55.6%

One of the great lost distilleries on Islay, Port Ellen was little-known in its lifetime with only a handful of official bottlings produced before the distillery closed in 1983 as part of Diageo forerunner Scottish Malt Distilleries’ swingeing cuts in response to the great whisky lake of the 1970s and 1980s.

Later rediscovered by malt fans thanks to fine independent bottlings from the likes of Gordon & MacPhail, Cadenhead’s and Signatory Vintage, Port Ellen’s reputation mushroomed through the 1990s and 2000s as sensational Rare Malts bottlings were followed by a string of legendary Diageo Special Releases and dozens of superb single cask bottlings from Douglas Laing.

In 2017 the whisky world was stunned when Diageo announced that work was taking place to bring Port Ellen distillery back from the dead - the new Port Ellen distillery finally recommenced production in March 2024.

Founded in 1698, Berry Bros. & Rudd is the UK’s oldest wine and spirit merchant, with their iconic premises in St. James’ Street in London an institution in the drinks trade. Berry Brothers were among the first English merchants to bottle bespoke whiskies for sale in the 19th century and in 1923 they launched the Cutty Sark blended whisky which went on to great success in the United States in the post-Prohibition era.

Berry Bros continued to bottle single malt whiskies after WWII, with notable examples from Longmorn, Macallan, Glen Grant and Laphroaig (among others) occasionally cropping up at auction today. Since the late 1990s the company has expanded its spirits operations, briefly owned the rights to the Glenrothes single malt brand after selling Cutty Sark in 2010, and now have an adventurous range of expertly-selected single malts, blended malt whisky and rums.