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Highland Park 1989 & Pittyvaich Blackadder Miniature x 2

Lot: 5066744

Highland Park 1989 & Pittyvaich Blackadder Miniature x 2

Winning Bid: £36

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Highland Park
Age: 
See lot description
Vintage: 
See lot description
Region: 
Island and Speyside
Bottler: 
Blackadder
Cask Type: 
N/A
Bottled Strength: 
43%
Bottle Size: 
2 x 5cl
product Details

Highland Park 1989 & Pittyvaich Blackadder Miniature x 2

Blackadder International were founded in 1995 by whisky writers, Robin Tucek and John Lamond, authors of the 1987 publication, The Malt Whisky File: The Essential Guide for the Malt Whisky Connoisseur. The company has gained great affection from whisky enthusiasts for its Raw Cask series, which is deliberately drawn un-filtered from the cask so as to retain all cask sediment along with any natural oils and fats. The company is credited with a key role in the popularisation of cask strength whiskies since its inception

Highland Park was built by David Robertson all the way back in 1798. The distillery's relationship with blenders, Robertson & Baxter, saw it acquired by Highland Distillers in 1937, who were subsequently bought by Edrington in 1999, who run it today. The modern Highland Park single malt brand was first officially bottled in the 1970s, with the release of an 8 year old age statement, but distillery bottlings first appeared around the 1950s. The look of the brand has changed many times over the years, but its cult following and popularity has never diminished. It remains one of the most recognisable single malts in the world to this day..

Pittyvaich could be considered the front-runner for shortest-lived Speyside distillery. It was built in 1975 by Arthur Bell & Sons, next-door to their Dufftown distillery, in order to increase provision for its popular blends. Arthur Bell & Sons were bought by Guinness in 1985, who's merger with DCL to form United Distillers (now Diageo) the following year, saw the huge firm oversupplied by its enormous portfolio. Pittyvaich was an early candidate for closure, and was silenced in 1993 before later being demolished. The brief Flora & Fauna release was the only distillery bottling of Pittyvaich in its lifetime, and aside from the occasional official limited edition, the majority of releases have been increasingly sought after independents like this.

Two miniatures of Highland Park bottled by Blackadder.This lot includes...

  • Pittyvaich 18 Year Old 43%
  • Highland Park 1989 Sherry Cask #10035 43%
     
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