Pre-closure stock, not new distillate from the reopened site.
- Distilled
- 1978
- Bottling age
- 44 years
- Historical closure
- 1983
- Release year
- 2024
- Cask source
- Three European-oak casks
Released to mark Port Ellen's 2024 reopening, Gemini consists of two distinct 44-year-old whiskies derived from three European-oak casks filled in 1978, before the original distillery closed in 1983. They are historic stock, not whisky produced by the newly reopened stills.
Primary evidence
Diageo — Port Ellen reopening and Gemini (19 March 2024)
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