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Glen Garioch 1990 Silver Seal 25 Year Old / Whisky is Classical

Lot: 5072165

Glen Garioch 1990 Silver Seal 25 Year Old / Whisky is Classical

Winning Bid: £171

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Glen Garioch
Age: 
25 Year Old
Vintage: 
1990
Region: 
Highland
Bottler: 
Silver Seal
Bottled Strength: 
52.1%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Glen Garioch 1990 Silver Seal 25 Year Old / Whisky is Classical

Silver Seal was founded by Ernesto Mainardi in 2000. This was Mainardi's second bottling company after the esteemed Sestane in 1979. Both companies were sold to Massimo Righi, proprietor of Whisky Antique, in 2010.

This whisky was distilled in 1990 and aged in single cask #2702 for 25 years. It was bottled at cask strength in 2016.

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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