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Blair Athol 1966 Cadenhead's 23 Year Old

Lot: 220794

Blair Athol 1966 Cadenhead's 23 Year Old

Winning Bid: £630

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Blair Athol
Age: 
23 Year Old
Vintage: 
1966
Region: 
Highland
Bottler: 
Wm. Cadenhead
Cask Type: 
N/A
Bottled Strength: 
58.4%
Bottle Size: 
75cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Blair Athol 1966 Cadenhead's 23 Year Old 

The Authentic Collection was launched by Wm. Cadenhead in 1991, and included whiskies from several rare closed Scottish and Irish distilleries, bottled for the company's 150th anniversary. It would later go on to become a mainstay of their portfolio, as the cask strength alternative to the Original Collection, which replaced their famous "dumpy" bottlings in the early 1990s. The Authentic Collection is now the flagship Cadenhead brand, and one of the most recognisable independent labels on the market.

Blair Athol distillery is one of Scotland's oldest, dating back into the late 18th century. Its modern story begins when it was closed down by Peter Mackenzie in 1932, and was purchased by Arthur Bell & Sons the following year. Distilling recommenced in 1949, and with Blair Athol malt at its heart, Bell's became one of the world's best-selling whiskies. Despite its importance to the blend, Blair Athol was also bottled as a single malt under the Bell's banner in the 1970s and 1980s. New owners, Guinness, were less interested in this when they took over in 1985, but their subsequent iteration, United Distillers, brought a back distillery bottling with the Flora & Fauna release. Despite its popularity, Blair Athol has yet to be bottled under its own single malt brand. Other official bottlings from the Diageo era are very rare too, however the distillery has regularly provided casks to independent companies, many of whom have bottled some exceptional releases. 

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