Port Ellen (silent) Cooper's Choice - Single Cask #1390 Whisky 18 Year Old · 1981 Vintage

Colour

Deep amber with mahogany depth and coppery highlights, a warm, sun-kissed hue that echoes its sherry-cask lineage.

Nose

Coastal peat and iodine rise in a smoke-laden chorus, edged by sea breeze. Sherry sweetness coats dark fruit—fig, raisin and plum—alongside cocoa and treacle. A thread of vanilla and leather through orange zest hints at polished oak. Maritime warmth promises depth and quiet complexity.

Palate

Powerful yet refined, this Port Ellen delivers a creamy mouthfeel with a resinous peat core. Dark fruit—fig, raisin, black cherry—meets sherry sweetness, with cocoa, caramel and a hint of orange zest. Maritime salt and iodine weave through the mid-palate, while toasted oak and spice frame the backbone. Long, smoky finish with peat, sweetness, and a mineral snap.

Finish

Long and opulent, the finish unfolds with sherry-soaked dried fruits, dark chocolate and enduring peat smoke, tempered by sea-salted, iodine-briny notes. Oak lingers with warming spice, leaving a generous, contemplative tail.