Port Ellen 1979 31 Year Old Old & Rare Platinum Selection With Original Box
Port Ellen 1979 31 Year Old Old & Rare Platinum Selection With Original Box
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Port Ellen 1979 31 Year Old Old & Rare Platinum Selection
This is a bottle of Port Ellen 1979 31 Year Old Old & Rare Platinum Selection With Original Box, Bottled by Douglas Laing, 700ml, 52.1% ABV
Condition
In very good condition. Capsule, label and box are very good examples of this bottle. Any defects are only commensurate with age and as such is a very good bottle for any collection. No certificate included.
Port Ellen Distillery
Diageo announced the reopening of Port Ellen way back in 2017 and fans of the distillery have been waiting excitedly since then. Finally rescheduled for re-opening in 2023, Port Ellen has garnered a cult following that is delighted by the news, and by the knock on impact to the value of vintage bottles on the secondary market.
When Port Ellen closed in 1983 its original stills were lost, which is always going to be the biggest point of contention for Port Ellen drinkers and analysts in the future, how close could the distillate really be? Rumoured to only produce 500,000 litres per year for the first decade of production, Port Ellen will be something to really focus on as people prepare to compare old and new in the next few years.
Douglas Laing
Douglas Laing is one of very few whisky companies in Scotland that is still family-run; it was founded by Fred Douglas Laing in 1948 and is now under the leadership of Fred Laing and his daughter Cara. It is under this leadership that the company has moved towards bottling single malts in the UK rather than exporting elsewhere. Today, Douglas Laing has bottled whiskies from the likes of Brora, Ardbeg, and Port Ellen.
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VAT Information
This bottle is being sold by a client who has appointed Mark Littler LTD to act as their agent. The seller is not a VAT registered business and there is no VAT included in the purchase price nor is there any VAT to pay.
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