{"id":60807,"date":"2025-12-15T12:01:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T12:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/post\/whiskysantas-port-ellen-35-year-old-1983-single-cask-super-wish\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T08:06:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T08:06:22","slug":"whiskysantas-port-ellen-35-year-old-1983-single-cask-super-wish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/post\/whiskysantas-port-ellen-35-year-old-1983-single-cask-super-wish\/","title":{"rendered":"#WhiskySanta\u2019s Port Ellen 35 Year Old 1983 Single Cask (Master of Malt) Super Wish"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ho ho ho!<\/span><\/p>\n

Or should that be \u201cboo, boo, boo-urns\u201d, because this is the last Super Wish of 2025<\/strong> as part of my \u00a3750,000 festive giveaway<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Before we get to the final showstopper, let me doff my heavily-embellished Phrygian cap to <\/span>@tomthedrammer<\/span>, who had their Christmas wish for <\/span>last week\u2019s Super Wish bottle<\/span><\/a> \u2013 the stunning Craigellachie 37 Year Old<\/a> \u2013 granted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, to this week’s excitement. It has to be something special to wrap it all up for the year. Port Ellen 35 Year Old 1983 Single Cask (Master of Malt)<\/b><\/a>. That definitely fits the bill! We know you love a bit of Port Ellen. I do too. This bottle is on a different level. This is the gold standard. Like if Alan Rickman and Bruce Willis came together to make a Christmas movie. With guns. And Plutarch quotes. Yes, we’re talking cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Serious stuff.<\/p><\/div>\n

Meet the Super Wish: Port Ellen 35 Year Old 1983<\/b><\/h3>\n

This single malt whisky was distilled in 1983. That’s significant, because it was the final year that Port Ellen distillery fired its stills before closure, four decades of lost distillery status, and the creation of a true whisky legend.<\/p>\n

Make no mistake, when Diageo announced they were reopening Port Ellen a few years back, it wasn’t all sat there waiting for them. The stills were all gone. The spirit safe was gone. Most of the buildings were gone! But in the intervening years whisky lovers had fallen in love with this Islay gem’s coastal, peaty, lemon sherbet and chamois leather character. Yet it was finite. Increasingly scarce and precious. A bit like this release of just 48 bottles! Each one a rare snapshot of this lost Islay giant’s prowess \u2013 aged for three and half decades, and thankfully bottled by those nice folk at Master of Malt.<\/p>\n

\u00a32,700-worth of dignified, coastal, smoky, mineral dream dram…<\/strong><\/p>\n

How to wish for #WhiskySanta\u2019s Port Ellen 35 Year Old 1983 Single Cask Super Wish<\/b><\/h3>\n

If you don\u2019t know how to make a Super Wish by now, I\u2019m considering putting you on the naughty list. You\u2019ve had more than a month of this, people. If you\u2019re new, however, may I say a hello so jolly my belly shakes like a bowl of jelly. Here\u2019s the skinny on how Super Wishes work:<\/span><\/p>\n