Review: Port Ellen 32 Years Old Limited Edition 2012
Review: Port Ellen 32 Years Old Limited Edition 2012
Wow, this is a stunner of a whisky. The smoke has mellowed and integrated into a lush and beautiful, balanced whole. What’s inside? What isn’t? There’s orange, banana, lemon, marshmallow, amber waves of grain, and Chanel No. 5 perfume all crashing together with Louis Armstrong playing full throttle in your ear. This all turns out over the last ashes of a campfire where you had the best meal of your life, sitting on a tree stump under the stars.
OK, I may be waxing poetic, but this is a deep and complex whisky that defies simple tasting notes. It is a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts, and I’d love to tell you more of my impressions about it, except I drank it all. (Don’t get jealous, it was just a mini.)
Crazy expensive, mind you.
105 proof. 2,964 bottles made.
A+ / $936 / malts.com [BUY IT NOW FROM THE WHISKY EXCHANGE]
