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Ardbeg 1976 Natural Strength
Subtitle (S1)
This was bottled for Samaroli in Scotland by R.W. Duthie & Co in 1993. Almost unbelievably, Samaroli reportedly had great difficulty selling the first release in this series, the 1974 vintage from 1983. It was not until a few years later that demand for those peaty flavours began to increase in Italy.
This is one of the final bottlings from Samaroli's partnership with R.W. Duthie, who had to stop working with him in the early 1990s due to increasing demand from parent company, William Cadenhead.
Distillery
Distillery status
Operational
Vintage
1976
Production Type
Single malt
Region
Islay
Bottle count
1,020
Distillery
Ardbeg
A distillery located on the south coast of the Isle of Islay. It is currently part of the Scotch whisky holdings of LVMH. Despite being closed twice in the latter 20th century, the distillery's heavily-peated single malt has always been highly-regarded.
Founded
1815
Production type
Single malt
Company
Samaroli
An iconic Italian importer and independent bottler, founded in 1968 by Silvano Samaroli. The company is credited with marketing some of the finest single cask whiskies of all time and is revered for its pioneering approach to presentation and label design.
Founded
1968
Company type
Importer,
Independent Bottler
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