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Tobermory 1973 42 Year Old

Lot: 5108003

Tobermory 1973 42 Year Old

Winning Bid: £1,455
(Reserve has been met) This lot currently has: 13 bids

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Ledaig (Tobermory)
Age: 
42 Year Old
Vintage: 
1973
Region: 
Island
Bottler: 
Official
Cask Type: 
sherry cask
Bottled Strength: 
47.7%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Tobermory 1973 42 Year Old

This is a rare single malt from the Isle of Mull's Tobermory distillery. Opened way back in 1798, it was originally known as Ledaig. It was dormant for the majority of the 20th century, shut down by DCL in 1930, and when it re-opened in 1972, it did so as again as Ledaig distillery. Its revival was only brief however, closing down in 1975. When the distillery was again re-opened in 1979, it was now known as Tobermory. Its production in former years had generally been peated whisky like this, and the single malt was still bottled under the brand name of Ledaig. The newly revived company began producing non-peated as well, for the provision of a blended malt which they marketed under the Tobermory name. Burn Stewart discontinued the blend when they took over in 1993, opting to continue the production of both styles as two distinct single malt brands. The un-peated single malt took over the Tobermory name, while the traditional peated style fittingly retained the historic Ledaig name.

Although bottled under the modern Tobermory brand, this is a peated single malt from the brief Ledaig era in the early 1970s. Distilled in 1973, the liquid has been rested in a sherry cask for 42 years before being filled into individually numbered and engraved bottles.

One of 650 bottles. 

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