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Talisker 'Hebrides' 1972 Kingsbury 28 Year Old / Celtic Label

Lot: 269679

Talisker 'Hebrides' 1972 Kingsbury 28 Year Old / Celtic Label

Winning Bid: £5,200
(Reserve has been met) This lot currently has: 56 bids

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Talisker
Age: 
28 Year Old
Vintage: 
1972
Region: 
Island
Bottler: 
Kingsbury
Cask Type: 
sherry
Bottled Strength: 
53.2%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Talisker 'Hebrides' 1972 Kingsbury 28 Year Old / Celtic Label

Kingsbury are Japan's most sought after independent bottler. They were founded in 1989 by Eaglesome, the high-end deli in Campbeltown that was purchased by J & A Mitchell & Co of Springbank distillery, and turned into one of the region's finest whisky merchants. They initially bottled Kingsbury's exclusively for the Japanese market, before the label was acquired by native firm, the Japanese Import System. They have released a number of some of the most collectible whiskies, including some classic vintages from Bowmore, and two dark sherry casked Ardbeg.

Titles Hebrides after the archipelgo off Scotland's west coast where the Isle of Skye is located, this is a 1972 vintage Talisker. It was aged 28 years in a sherry cask .

For a long time, Talisker was the sole distillery on Scotland’s iconic Isle of Skye. Renowned for the quality of its output, the distillery has rarely changed hands, joining DCL (now Diageo) back in 1916. Despite this, releases were not the most common. An 8 year old was bottled officially and Gordon & MacPhail produced what are now classic and sought after vintage bottlings under official license from the distillery. When a 10 year old expression became a founding pillar of United Distillers’ Classic Malts range, the popularity of the distillery exploded, and it is now one of the most revered and exported in Scotland. As such, independent bottlings like this are scarce, and particularly sought after when they appear.

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