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Mortlach 1972 Rare Malts 22 Year Old 75cl / 65.3% - US Import​

Lot: 324925

Mortlach 1972 Rare Malts 22 Year Old 75cl / 65.3% - US Import​

Winning Bid: £1,158

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Mortlach
Age: 
22 Year Old
Vintage: 
1972
Region: 
Speyside
Bottler: 
Official
Cask Type: 
N/A
Bottled Strength: 
65.3%
Bottle Size: 
75cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Mortlach 1972 Rare Malts 22 Year Old 75cl / 65.3% - US Import​

The Rare Malts Selection was a historic selection of single malt whiskies from operational and lost distilleries that were released by Diageo between 1995 and 2005. As with the Flora & Fauna series, they were often from lesser-seen single malt distilleries.

This very rare Mortlach was distilled in 1972, and bottled as a 22 year old.

Mortlach was founded in 1823 and was the first of Dufftown's "Seven Stills" to be licensed. It rose to pre-eminence under George Cowie & Son, who's unique distillation regime produced a famously "meaty" whisky, which was highly prized by blenders. It was for this reason that it was acquired by John Walker & Sons, and so important to them was it that little stock was left available for bottling as a single malt. The Flora & Fauna release was the first official distillery bottling, but it was not until 2014 that a permanent range was finally added. 

This bottle is being sold from the Pat's Whisk(e)y private collection which, numbering in excess of 9,000 bottles and over 2,000 miniatures, is the single largest collection of whisky ever to be brought to auction. Pat's Whisk(e)y is the result of over fifteen years of passion and dedication to the goal of creating one of the most complete libraries of whisky and whiskey ever amassed by an individual collector. It contains bottles from over 150 different Scottish distilleries, as well as bourbon, rare Scotch releases from sought-after independent bottlers in Europe, and whisky from other distilleries across the globe. Whisky Auctioneer is delighted to have partnered with Pat's Whisk(e)y to offer this collection across a number of exclusive and spotlight auctions. For more information, please click here.

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