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A legendary new release of twin whiskies to mark Port Ellen’s historic return.
These twin ghost whiskies from 1978 diverged for an experimental finish. In a whisky making first, whilst one twin was left in its original state as an exquisite 44 Year
Old Port Ellen, the second twin drew on the ancestral DNA of the Remnant Cask in an experimental new maturation journey, blazing a trail into the future.
Only two hundred and forty-seven sets of Port Ellen Gemini will be available worldwide, released from mid-March when the distillery returns.
Port Ellen Gemini Original: the ultimate Port Ellen. (ABV 54.9%)
Port Ellen Gemini Remnant: uses the rediscovered Remnant cask in a world first. (ABV 53.6%)
Tasting Notes
Appearance:
The Original: Gaze into clear harvest gold.
The Remnant: Gaze into rich, deep gold.
Nose:
The Original: Explore light prickle, hints of baked pear and sweet edible seaweed. Dive deeper, for maritime scents born of long years in a sea-side warehouse. Surface, to faint traces of smoke that become ashy, as with a spent bonfire. Late on, seek out a sweet suggestion of soft fudge. Add water to find that sweetness and smokiness more pronounced.
The Remnant: Find pleasure at once in rich and fruity top-notes of dark sherry, spirit-soaked prunes and old dry oak spice. Search below for fainter hints of tobacco and charred wood ash, with hints of salt and sawdust. Note how all of these combine slowly, revealing sweet, rich charred ash-smokiness. Add water, to sense sweet, rose-perfumed notes and chocolate-coated toffee caramel.
Palate:
The Original: Find pleasure in the firm, smooth body and vital, sweet-spicy flavours. Marvel at the intensity and freshness of those flavours after so many years. Discern a dash of salt mid palate, amid the embrace of a smoky warmth. Add water to find a smooth mix of baked apple skins and lightly medicinal aromas, the charred ashes of a bonfire clear in the development.
The Remnant: Enjoy voluptuous smoothness, allowing it to envelop the palate. Sense rich, sweetly fruity and full-flavoured notes, with sumptuous, sweet spiciness and gently smoky warmth. Add a little water to enrich the sweetness of this passionate flavour symphony.
Finish:
The Original: Luxuriate in its length, leaving aromatic sweet smoke to linger on the palate.
The Remnant: Savour the long, rich and intense sweet-smoky flavours, as they reach a spicy, crisp crescendo made spicier still if a drop of water is added, with a last wisp of smoke in the long aftertaste.