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Scapa 1977 Duncan Taylor 27 Year Old

Lot: 331865

Scapa 1977 Duncan Taylor 27 Year Old

Winning Bid: £240

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Scapa
Age: 
27 year old
Vintage: 
1977
Region: 
Island
Bottler: 
Duncan Taylor
Cask Type: 
N/A
Bottled Strength: 
61.1%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Scapa 1977 Duncan Taylor 27 Year Old

Scapa distillery was the third to be constructed on Orkney, preceded by Highland Park and Stromness, although out-lasting the latter. It was built in 1885, and its early history was blighted with fires and closures. It was bought by Canadian giants, Hiram Walker, in 1954. As with several of their other distilleries, they experimented with the use of Lomond stills, installing Scapa's in 1959. Although it was decommissioned 20 years later, the still itself continues to be used, now without the rectifying plates. It is the only one of this type still producing Scotch whisky. Its single malt has been bottled since the 1970s, first under license by Gordon & MacPhail, with a 10 year old distillery bottling then launched in the 1980s. Scapa has since passed through the hands of Allied Distillers and is now part of the Pernod-Ricard portfolio.

An independent bottling of Scapa from Duncan Taylor. Distilled in October 1977, this was matured in single cask #2828 for 27 years.

Duncan Taylor was founded in Glasgow in 1938 as a cask broker and trading company. Its modern history began in 2001 when a former Glendronach employee, Euan Shand, purchased the firm and moved it to Huntly in Aberdeenshire, using the impressive cask portfolio it has amassed over the 20th century to become one of the premier independent bottlers in Scotland.

One of 193 bottles. 

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