Port Ellen distillery reopened in 2024 after being closed since 1983.
The iconic Port Ellen distillery is reborn after more than four decades of closure, in an historic moment for Islay, Scotch, and the wider whisky world.
The most sought after of the yearly Diageo Special Releases – This 12th release is a vatting of refill American and European oak matured whisky that was distilled in 1979. At 32 years old this was, at release, the joint oldest official bottling of Port Ellen. One of 2,964 bottles.