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Ardbeg 1974 Signatory Vintage 20 Year Old

Lot: 337827

Ardbeg 1974 Signatory Vintage 20 Year Old

Winning Bid: £830

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Ardbeg
Age: 
24 Year Old
Vintage: 
1974
Region: 
Islay
Bottler: 
Signatory Vintage
Cask Type: 
N/A
Bottled Strength: 
43%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Ardbeg 1974 Signatory Vintage 20 Year Old

You would not think it to see it now, but Ardbeg had a difficult time of it for much of the 20th century. The distillery was bought in a joint venture between Hiram Walker and DCL in 1959, both intending to supply their blends. The subsequent years were very successful, but DCL backed out in 1979 (closing many of their other distilleries a few years later), and Hiram Walker then struggled in the 1980s era oversupply when interest is blended Scotch was waning. They closed it down for the majority of the decade. It re-opened briefly in the 1990s before being revived for good by Glenmorangie plc in 1997. The lack of demand in the period prior to this, thankfully, saw a lot of casks sold to independent bottlers, many of which have gone on to become legendary releases.

A Signatory bottling of Ardbeg. The liquid was distilled in 1974 and bottled 20 years later in May 1995 from cask numbers 6383.

Signatory Vintage were established in 1988 by Andrew Symington and are one of Scotland's most prolific independent bottlers. Their offices and bottling facility are located next to Edradour distillery, which they have also owned since 2002.

One of 220 bottles.

German Import.

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