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Glen Garioch 1971 Samaroli Very Limited Edition

Lot: 5054267

Glen Garioch 1971 Samaroli Very Limited Edition

Winning Bid: £3,200

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Glen Garioch
Age: 
N/A
Vintage: 
1971
Region: 
Highland
Bottler: 
Samaroli
Cask Type: 
sherry wood
Bottled Strength: 
43%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Glen Garioch 1971 Samaroli Very Limited Edition

A single cask Glen Garioch bottled by the legendary Samaroli.

Samaroli is perhaps Italy's most revered independent bottler of Scotch whisky. With an impeccable taste in single cask whiskies, and an eye for aesthetics (if not English spelling at times!), he is regarded by many as a visionary. Many of his bottles now occupy deserved sports on the pantheon of whisky greats.

This is the second of two 1971 vintage Glen Garioch bottled for Samaroli, the first exclusively bottled for him by the distillery and released in 1979 along with his collaborative series with Wm. Cadenhead. This 1997 Very Limited Edition release is an homage to it, and replicates the official Glen Garioch branding present on the original. This time a single cask release of just 300 bottles drawn from cask #1.239. Samaroli's partnership with R.W. Duthie had ended by this point in the 1990s, and this was one of the early releases personally overseen by the company in Rutherglen, Scotland.

A highly sought after bottle, with Serge Valentin of WhiskyFun.com awarding this 91 points.

Glen Garioch is one of the oldest distilleries in Scotland. For most of the 20th century it was self-sufficient, malting its own barley using peat from Pitsligo, giving it a unique smoky character. In fact, in 1968 it was short-listed by then-owners DCL, to convert to heavily peated production in order to make up for a shortfall on Islay caused by a drought. In an odd twist of fate, the decision was instead made to re-open Brora for the job, and close Glen Garioch down. Morrison Bowmore then sprang to its rescue, restarting production in 1973. The maltings and distillery were shut down again by Beam Suntory in 1995, and only the latter resumed operations two years later, with contemporary Glen Garioch becoming an un-peated single malt. These pre-1995 vintages are worth investigating while you can.

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