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Caol Ila 1968 Intertrade 21 Year Old Cask Strength

Lot: 321334

Caol Ila 1968 Intertrade 21 Year Old Cask Strength

Winning Bid: £12,500

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Caol Ila
Age: 
21 Year Old
Vintage: 
1968
Region: 
Islay
Bottler: 
Intertrade
Cask Type: 
N/A
Bottled Strength: 
58.5%
Bottle Size: 
75cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Caol Ila 1968 Intertrade 21 Year Old Cask Strength

Intertrade was established in Italy in the early 1980s by Nadi Fiori, the owner of the Taverna degli Artisti bar in Rimini. The company was a collaboration with beer distributors, the Turatello Brothers, and the Intertrade name appears on Fiori's bottlings up to around 1989. Fiori selected his whiskies from the Gordon & MacPhail catalogue, but as a collector himself, and a contemporary of his fellow connoisseur countrymen, Silvano Samaroli and Ernesto Mainardi, he knew the importance striking label designs and requested many of his bottlings at cask strength. Whether under the Intertrade, Turatello or High Spirits banner, Fiori's bottlings are some of the most sought after on the market.

A 21 year old Caol Ila, this was distilled in March 1968 and bottled by Gordon & MacPhail in March 1989. 1968 vintage Caol ila are particularly special as it was the final year of distilation before they stopped using direct-firing stills, changing the profile of later expressions.

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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