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North Port 1971 Rare Malt 23 Year Old 75cl / 54.7% - US Import

Lot: 219111

North Port 1971 Rare Malt 23 Year Old 75cl / 54.7% - US Import

Winning Bid: £410

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Lot:
Distillery: 
North Port
Age: 
23 year old
Vintage: 
1971
Region: 
Highland
Bottler: 
Official
Cask Type: 
N/A
Bottled Strength: 
54.7%
Bottle Size: 
75cl
Distillery Status: 
Closed
product Details

North Port 1971 Rare Malt 23 Year Old 75cl / 54.7% - US Import

The Rare Malt Selection was a historic selection of single malt whiskies from operational and lost distilleries that were released by Diageo between 1995 and 2005. As with the Flora & Fauna series, they were often from lesser-seen single malt distilleries.

The Brechin distillery was built in 1820 by the Guthrie family, who changed its named to North Port at some point later that century. It was acquired by DCL (now Diageo) in 1922, who closed it down six years later. Production briefly resumed for two years before the war, but it was not until 1945 that regular distilling recommenced. North Port was one of the nine distilleries closed by DCL in 1983 after a market downturn meant their blends were oversupplied. It never re-opened and the site now houses a supermarket. Its single malt is very rare, and was never officially bottled in its lifetime. Diageo have produced only a handful of limited edition distillery bottlings, the first of which were in the Rare Malts Selection. 

Distilled in 1971, this is North Port's first ever distillery bottling and is one of three in the series.

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