Hello all,
This individually numbered bottling is not yet available in our national monopoly Alko due to bureauchracy, but it will be on the shelf in about 3 weeks I am told. Price will be about 180 - 190 euros, so cheap it is not. Sadly also it seems the only place where it will be sold is central Helsinki Arkadia-Alko shop.Only 150 bottles out of 228 will end up being sold in retail sales. If anyone is interested, I will do my best to try and assist so that those who want the bottling will also get it.
The good news: Since tasting it, this bottling has been selling very, very well in bars and restaurants, due to its fabulous taste! Find below the tasting notes prepared with a few friends:
Colour: Dark Amber. This one has taken a good bit of colour from the sherry cask.
Nose: Has Port Ellen written all over it. Tarry at first, with time rich sherry notes emerge, cedar wood, along with "over-ripe" rancio-like fruitiness caressed by velvety smoky tones. With added water, the rich fruity tones are emphasized.
Taste: Rich and full flavour, with sherry & fruity notes well present, BUT not masking the Port Ellen Islay character at all. Fabulous combination!! Not very salty, but peaty and very rich in flavours. Quite dry, but not woody, I would say youthful for its age. Addition of water increases the youthfulness and brings in rich fruity notes in masses - sultanas, plum and sherry gain from added water in taste.
Finish:very long and smoky, with peppery tones in there. Drying nice on the palate.
This is one of the best sherry Port Ellens' I have tasted, and a fantastic whisky. The barrel was specially selected to commemorate this first-ever special bottling for the Finnish markets and boy does that show - it is an amazing dram I think.
Several bars in Helsinki carry this whisky - if you do travel to Finland, have a dram to judge for yourself! Available at least in following Helsinki area locations: Scandic Simonkenttä hotel bar, Poirot bars, Black Door, Old Anchor, Gallows Bird pub.
Mika
It will be bottled at 50% due to tax reasons (higher the alcohol, higher the tax..) 
. The final prices is just a guess, but it will be around 180 - 190 euros I have heard. 
