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Caol Ila 1969 Gordon and MacPhail Celtic Label / Meregalli Import

Lot: 283826

Caol Ila 1969 Gordon and MacPhail Celtic Label / Meregalli Import

Winning Bid: £1,300
(Reserve has been met) This lot currently has: 10 bids

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Caol Ila
Age: 
n/a
Vintage: 
1985
Region: 
Islay
Bottler: 
Gordon & MacPhail
Cask Type: 
n/a
Bottled Strength: 
40%
Bottle Size: 
75cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Caol Ila 1969 Gordon and MacPhail Celtic Label / Meregalli Import

Caol Ila distillery was built in 1846 by Hector Henderson, who was bought out from the venture a little over 10 year later by Bulloch Lade. The blending firm merged with DCL (now Diageo) in 1927, who still run the distillery today. In 1972 the original site was demolished and replaced by a new one. When distilling resumed in 1974, Caol Ila was the largest producer of single malt on the Isle of Islay. Despite this, due to its importance in popular blends such as Johnnie Walker, its single malt brand disappeared under United Distillers, and it was not until 2002 that it would return, when the 12 year old was revived by Diageo. The Flora & Fauna release was well-regarded in the meantime, but it was independent releases like this that gave the best opportunity to sample this much-loved single malt.

An exceptionally rare bottle, this is a 1969 vintage bottling of Caol Ila from Gordon & MacPhail.

This is part of the Celtic Label series, an Italian exclusive range bottled by Gordon & MacPhail for Italian importers Giuseppe Meregalli, Donini and Nadi Fiori's Intertrade.

This is a Meregalli bottling from 1985. They are the current Italian distributors for Gordon & MacPhail and have been since the mid-1980s, meaning most of these Celtic Label bottles were Meregalli.

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