Port Ellen Distillery
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Port Ellen Distillery is a legendary, now mostly closed Islay Scotch whisky distillery renowned for its rare and highly sought-after single malt whiskies.
All labels observed (1)
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| Port Ellen Distillery canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5280641 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Port Ellen Distillery Context triple: [Port Ellen, knownFor, Port Ellen Distillery]
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A.
Bruichladdich distillery
Bruichladdich distillery is a renowned Scotch whisky producer on Scotland’s Isle of Islay, known for its innovative approach, focus on terroir, and both unpeated and heavily peated single malts.
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Tobermory Distillery
Tobermory Distillery is a historic Scotch whisky distillery on the Isle of Mull in Scotland, known for producing both unpeated Tobermory and peated Ledaig single malts.
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Oban Distillery
Oban Distillery is one of Scotland’s oldest and smallest whisky distilleries, renowned for its coastal Highland single malt Scotch whisky produced in the town of Oban.
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Laphroaig distillery
Laphroaig distillery is a renowned Islay Scotch whisky producer famous for its intensely peaty, smoky single malts.
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E.
Lagavulin distillery
Lagavulin distillery is a renowned Scotch whisky producer on Scotland’s Isle of Islay, famous for its richly peated, smoky single malt.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Port Ellen Distillery Target entity description: Port Ellen Distillery is a legendary, now mostly closed Islay Scotch whisky distillery renowned for its rare and highly sought-after single malt whiskies.
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A.
Bruichladdich distillery
Bruichladdich distillery is a renowned Scotch whisky producer on Scotland’s Isle of Islay, known for its innovative approach, focus on terroir, and both unpeated and heavily peated single malts.
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B.
Tobermory Distillery
Tobermory Distillery is a historic Scotch whisky distillery on the Isle of Mull in Scotland, known for producing both unpeated Tobermory and peated Ledaig single malts.
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C.
Oban Distillery
Oban Distillery is one of Scotland’s oldest and smallest whisky distilleries, renowned for its coastal Highland single malt Scotch whisky produced in the town of Oban.
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D.
Laphroaig distillery
Laphroaig distillery is a renowned Islay Scotch whisky producer famous for its intensely peaty, smoky single malts.
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E.
Lagavulin distillery
Lagavulin distillery is a renowned Scotch whisky producer on Scotland’s Isle of Islay, famous for its richly peated, smoky single malt.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islay whisky distillery
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Scotch whisky distillery ⓘ |
| administrativeArea | Argyll and Bute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bottlingsOften | cask strength ⓘ |
| caskTypesUsed |
ex-bourbon casks
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ex-sherry casks ⓘ |
| closed | 1983 ⓘ |
| collectability | high auction values ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| distillationMethod | pot still distillation ⓘ |
| formerOwner |
Distillers Company Limited
NERFINISHED
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United Distillers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | 1825 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Alexander Kerr Mackay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Islay distillery
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Scotch whisky brand ⓘ closed distillery ⓘ |
| hasFacility | maltings ⓘ |
| hasPort | Port Ellen harbour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTastingProfile |
citrus notes
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maritime ⓘ salty ⓘ smoky ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic distillery site ⓘ |
| island | Islay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Port Ellen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Islay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maltingsSupply | multiple Islay distilleries ⓘ |
| marketPosition | ultra-premium single malt ⓘ |
| notableFor |
highly collectible single malts
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limited edition releases ⓘ rare official bottlings ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Diageo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plannedRestartOfProduction | 2020s ⓘ |
| produces | single malt Scotch whisky ⓘ |
| reconstructed | 1967 ⓘ |
| reopened | 1967 ⓘ |
| reopeningAnnounced | 2017 ⓘ |
| reputation |
cult whisky distillery
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legendary Islay distillery ⓘ |
| status |
largely closed
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partially reopened for production ⓘ |
| style | heavily peated single malt ⓘ |
| usedFor |
malt whisky for blends
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single malt bottlings ⓘ |
| waterSource | Leorin Lochs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| whiskyType | Islay single malt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Port Ellen Distillery Description of subject: Port Ellen Distillery is a legendary, now mostly closed Islay Scotch whisky distillery renowned for its rare and highly sought-after single malt whiskies.
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