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Caol Ila 1981 Moon Import 30th Anniversary / The Costumes

Lot: 313137

Caol Ila 1981 Moon Import 30th Anniversary / The Costumes

Winning Bid: £490

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Caol Ila
Age: 
N/A
Vintage: 
1981
Region: 
Islay
Bottler: 
Moon import
Cask Type: 
hogshead
Bottled Strength: 
46%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Caol Ila 1981 Moon Import 30th Anniversary / The Costumes​

Moon Import was founded by Pepi Mongiardino in 1980 and he bottled his first whisky in 1982. Always beautifully labelled, Pepi is acclaimed for designing the packaging for Moon Import bottles himself, often using images found in old books. These iconic designs, coupled with the quality of the liquid saw Moon Import steadily grow in popularity. The company is still going strong, and their early releases are some of the brightest gems in any whisky collection.

This 2010 release of Caol Ila is a 30th anniversary bottling, and an homage to the famous 1988 series, The Costumes.

Distilled on Islay in 1981, this was matured in single hogshead #3253 and bottled in 2010. One of 370.

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.

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