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Kinclaith 1966 Gordon and MacPhail 16 Year Old

Lot: 223026

Kinclaith 1966 Gordon and MacPhail 16 Year Old

Winning Bid: £535

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Kinclaith
Age: 
16 year old
Vintage: 
1966
Region: 
Lowland
Bottler: 
Gordon & MacPhail
Cask Type: 
N/A
Bottled Strength: 
40%
Bottle Size: 
75cl
Distillery Status: 
Closed
product Details

Kinclaith 1966 Gordon and MacPhail 16 Year Old

Kinclaith is another of the short-lived malt distilleries that were built, mostly by American owners, within grain distilleries in the mid-20th century. On this occasion it was the Schenley company, who bought the parent firm of Strathclyde distillery, Seager Evans, in 1957. It built the Kinclaith malt distillery within the Strathclyde complex the same year, and they operated it until 1975 when Whitbread bought Strathclyde and ripped them back out again. Nearly all of the Kinclaith output was used for the Long John blends, and it was never officially bottled as a single malt. Some casks did make their way to the independent companies though, and an elusive batch of bottlings like this has been brought to market. 

This 1966 vintage is a Gordon & MacPhail bottling, aged 16 years.

The Connoisseurs Choice label is one of the most recognisable independent bottlings on the market. It was initially created for renowned Italian importer, Edoardo Giaccone in the early 1970s, but became a mainstay of the core Gordon & MacPhail portfolio in 1979.

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