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Bruichladdich 1965 15 Year Old Royal Wedding 1981 Decanter / Moon Import

Lot: 5079323

Bruichladdich 1965 15 Year Old Royal Wedding 1981 Decanter / Moon Import

Winning Bid: £490

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Bruichladdich
Age: 
15 Year Old
Vintage: 
1965
Region: 
Islay
Bottler: 
Official for Moon Import
Bottled Strength: 
52%
Bottle Size: 
75cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Bruichladdich 1965 15 Year Old Royal Wedding 1981 Decanter / Moon Import

Moon Import was founded by Pepi Mongiardino in 1980 and he bottled his first whisky in 1982. Always beautifully labelled, Pepi is acclaimed for designing the packaging for Moon Import bottles himself, often using images found in old books. These iconic designs, coupled with the quality of the liquid saw Moon Import steadily grow in popularity. The company is still going strong, and their early releases are some of the brightest gems in any whisky collection.

This was officially bottled, exclusively for Mongiardino. He became the Bruichladdich distributor in the early 1980s, and imported their whisky for 5 years before selling the contract to Rinaldi.

Mongiardino bottled outside of the standard 10, 15 and 17 year old Bruichladdich, such as with this sherry wood matured, cask strength version of their 15 year old expression.

Bottled in a commemorative decanter in 1981, to celebrate the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana Spencer.

Like its island neighbour Bunnahabhain distillery, Bruichladdich has traditionally been an un-peated single malt, mostly owing to its requirements by the blenders who owned it. The last of these was Whyte & Mackay, who eventually shut it down in 1995, deeming it surplus to requirements. They sold the distillery to Murray McDavid in 2001, who launched the peated Port Charlotte and heavily-peated Octomore single malts in 2006 and 2008. A recommissioned Lomond still also now produces the popular Botanist gin there.

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