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Caol Ila 15 Year Old Flora and Fauna / Charity Lot + Experience

Lot: 327147

Caol Ila 15 Year Old Flora and Fauna / Charity Lot + Experience

Winning Bid: £710

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Caol Ila
Age: 
15 Year Old
Vintage: 
N/A
Region: 
Islay
Bottler: 
Official
Cask Type: 
N/A
Bottled Strength: 
43%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Caol Ila 15 Year Old Flora and Fauna / Charity Lot + Experience

Following on from the successful introduction of the Classic Malts range in 1988 (at the time only six expressions), Diageo sought to build on this by releasing a further 22 single malts in 1991. These became affectionately known as the Flora & Fauna series, a term coined by whisky writer, Michael Jackson, in reference to their labels, and the range showcased the lesser-seen distilleries from the extensive Diageo portfolio at the time. Despite four further additions in 2001, only a handful of these are still permanent distillery bottlings, making this a highly collectible series.

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, who opted to bottle this 15 year old under the Flora & Fauna banner instead.

This was discontinued in 2002 when Diageo revived the Caol Ila brand, relaunching the classic 12 year old age-statement. This release is now highly sought after.

 

Experience Included: Celebrate with Pat at Finale Event in London

The winner of this lot will receive an invitation for them, plus one other, to join the celebratory Pat's Whisk(e)y Collection Finale Event in London. The winner (plus one) will join Pat and approximately 40 or so others at the celebratory event, which will take place in late-January or February 2022 and will include drinks as well as dinner at The Beast restaurant, located in the heart of London.

Please note that this experience element does not include travel or accommodation and has no alternative cash value. This experience is not organised by Whisky Auctioneer, so, by placing a bid, you are also allowing us to pass your contact details on to the event organiser, solely for the purpose of organising the event, should you successfully win.

 

This bottle has been selected by Pat as a donation to charity. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of this bottle will be donated to Pat's chosen charity, the Teenage Cancer Trust. You can find out more about their important work by clicking here.

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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Please note: Due to the various ages of bottles and their seals, condition of liquid is at the buyer's discretion and no claim can be lodged against failure/leakage in transit.