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Brora 1978 Casks of Distinction 41 Year Old / Bottle No.1

Lot: 321374

Brora 1978 Casks of Distinction 41 Year Old / Bottle No.1

Winning Bid: £10,000

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Brora
Age: 
41 Year Old
Vintage: 
1978
Region: 
Highland
Bottler: 
Official
Cask Type: 
see lot description
Bottled Strength: 
45%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Closed
product Details

Brora 1978 Casks of Distinction 41 Year Old 

Brora distillery (originally known as Clynelish) was built by the Duke of Sutherland in 1819. Prized by blenders, the distillery found itself in the hands of DCL in 1925 when they acquired shareholders, Ainslie & Heilbron and John Walker & Sons. DCL closed the distillery in 1967 after opening a new, larger Clynelish next-door, but re-opened the first site, now renamed as Brora the following year. Bottlings of the whisky it produced between then and its second closure in 1983 are now increasingly sought after. It was never bottled officially as Brora during its years of operation, and the Rare Malts Selection in 1995 were the first distillery bottlings to bear the name. In 2017 it was announced that Diageo planned to re-open this formerly lost gem.

Casks of Distinction is the private sale of individual casks of rare and exceptional Single Malt Scotch Whisky from Diageo’s extensive stocks in Scotland. Hand selected by a team of whisky experts under guidance from Master Blender Dr. Craig Wilson, each cask is entirely unique and incredibly rare. Each Cask of Distinction is chosen on the basis of their quality, representing the most exceptional and singular expression of the distillery’s character.

This is one of just 60 bottles drawn from American standard barrel #7T02 for Emmanuel Dron, Bihan Yang and Edward Zeng. The previous maturation was in an American standard barrel.

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