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There is only one place in the world where you can buy this whisky and this is the Ardnahoe Distillery Shop on Islay https://www.whiskybase.com/explore/shop/87495/ardnahoe-distillery-shop-islay.  They do not maintain a webpage nor do they ship the whisky - you simply have to be there personally.  This is part of their promotion of the new Ardnahoe distillery on Islay...

So please do not complain that this shoplink does not lead to a shop webpage (it links to the Ardnahoe distillery page instead)!  Thank you!

[May, 2017]  I had this dram during the Jim McEwan tasting at the village hall of Ballygrant during the Feis Ile.

The colour is old gold and the texture shows fast thick legs and late fat tears.  The nose is a little punchy first but then offers a vanilla-toffee and spicy profile with some OBFs (nail varnish remover) and nice wooden notes.  The mouthfeel is creamy and coating - very charming with no distracting moments.  The taste is sweet on heather-honey and floral flavours with the typical slightly metallic (dry) feeling (I like that!).  Some spices can be found too (peppers, nutmeg).  The finish is long and layered on toffee and spices again, but a little bitter (tannins) and drying (metallic).

A really delicious dram to sip but the price is just ridiculous.  As a drinker I would not pay more than 200 Euro for such a bottle...

Had quite a lot of PE before so I poured a dram into the glass, expecting another great PE as usual.
Then......the nose! What the hell! PE, of course, but what a bunch of aromas never smelled before. Very few peat, but freshly cut wood, blood orange cests, topped with a hint of acacia honey.
Then the first little sip: Oh my god, what a malt!
On one side deep as the ocean, on the other fresh and young as if it was a 10 or 12 year old.
Alfred Hichcock transported "suspense" in his films and that's exactly what this dram gives to the palate.
Dave Broom called it "disappointing" what I can't agree with at all.
Ok, it is different from most of the other PE, but in my opinion that makes its attractivity.
And all that with 34 years and an ABV of more than 61!
How could that be?
I really do hope that Hunter Laing have preserved a second cask of that wonderful stuff and release it - let's say - at the age of 40.
I'm quite sure that the ratings then will almost touch the sky.

Quote Whiskyfun.com - June 27, 2017

Port Ellen 34 yo 1982/2017 (61.7%, Hunter Laing, The Kinship, bourbon cask, 545 bottles) Five stars This baby from Hunter Laing’s new series that celebrates the beginning of the works at their new distillery on Islay, Ardnahoe. There’re also a Caol Ila, an Ardbeg, a Bowmore, a Bunnahabhain and a Laphroaig. We’ll try those as well, but I thought starting with the PE would carry more panache (any excuses, really). Oh and if they came up with 545 bottles from bourbon wood, it must be a small vatting rather than a single cask. Colour: pale gold. Nose: fruits rather than tar! That’s not unusual with the 1982s, they were often relatively light for PE, while most 1983s got fatter and tarrier again. Now don’t get me wrong, this still has more tar and plasticine than 99% of all other Scottish malts. Great notes of kelp, new floated wood, and perhaps mustard. With water: oh wet dogs (we owe you bags of croquettes, dogs) and muddy waters on Islay. Mouth (neat): totally tireless PE. This baby’s perfectly fresh, even youthful, showcasing an exceptional combination of sultanas (really), dried dates (really), seawater, tar liqueur, rhubarb juice, and massive amounts of green salted liquorice. These casks will never die, they could keep them until the year 2100. With water: careful, don’t drown it. What’s striking again is the fruitiness, you’ve got blood oranges coming out, guavas, pomegranates, cranberries… It’s possible that what happens with old Laphroaig after 25 years is happening with old PE after 35 years. Peat smoke’s transmutation, you know… Finish: long, still fruity and fresh. Granted, this is not Tomatin, but seriously, it’s, well, very fruity. And that’s lovely. Comments: extraordinary whisky, both when neat and when reduced, you can’t make much better on this little planet. Now I’m sure it’s very expensive – haven’t checked the price though. In the thousands, I guess. SGP:656 - 94 points.

A good Port Ellen, incredibile the ABV !!!!