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Bunnahabhain 1979 Kingsbury 17 Year Old

Lot: 312681

Bunnahabhain 1979 Kingsbury 17 Year Old

Winning Bid: £350
(Reserve not met) This lot currently has: 12 bids

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Bunnahabhain
Age: 
17 Year Old
Vintage: 
1979
Region: 
Islay
Bottler: 
Kingsbury
Cask Type: 
hogshead
Bottled Strength: 
46%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Bunnahabhain 1979 Kingsbury 17 Year Old

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 a Bowmore 1966, and two dark sherry casked Ardbeg, this is one of them.

This 17 year old Bunnahabhain was bottled from a single hogshead in 1997.

An austere piece of Victorian architecture on the north-east coast of Islay, Bunnahabhain is a relative outsider on the island, traditionally known for producing an un-peated single malt. The majority of this was used for blending, as was its initial intended purpose. The distillery was shut for 2 years in 1982 following the market downturn of the period, and despite being revived at low production, it was eventually officially bottled as a single malt later that decade, with the self-deprecating tag-line, "the un-pronounceable malt."

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