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Ardbeg 1974 Samaroli Sherry Wood

Lot: 159644

Ardbeg 1974 Samaroli Sherry Wood

Winning Bid: £4,500
(Reserve has been met) This lot currently has: 23 bids

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Ardbeg
Age: 
N/A
Vintage: 
1974
Region: 
Islay
Bottler: 
R.W. Duthie for Samaroli
Cask Type: 
Sherry Wood
Bottled Strength: 
59%
Bottle Size: 
75cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Ardbeg 1974 Samaroli Sherry Wood

One of two 1974 vintage Ardbeg produced for Silvano Samaroli.

Samaroli is perhaps Italy's most revered independent bottler of Scotch whisky. With an impeccable taste in single cask whiskies, and an eye for aesthetics (if not English spelling at times!), he is regarded by many as a visionary. Many of his bottles now occupy deserved sports in pantheon of whisky greats.

Bottled in 1983 at cask strength after maturing in sherry wood, by long-time business partners R.W. Duthie of Aberdeen.

Almost unbelievably, Samaroli reportedly had great difficulty selling this first release in his Ardbeg series. It was not until a few years later that demand for the peaty flavours began to increase in Italy.

Limited to 2400 bottles. This is number 1616.

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