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Caol Ila 15 Year Old Bulloch Lade 57% 1980s / Zenith Import

Lot: 5113555

Caol Ila 15 Year Old Bulloch Lade 57% 1980s / Zenith Import

Winning Bid: £2,000

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Caol Ila
Age: 
15 Year Old
Vintage: 
N/A
Region: 
Islay
Bottler: 
Bulloch Lade
Cask Type: 
N/A
Bottled Strength: 
57%
Bottle Size: 
75cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Caol Ila 15 Year Old Bulloch Lade 57% 1980s / Zenith Import

Caol Ila distillery was built in 1846 by Hector Henderson, who was bought out from the venture a little over 10 year later by Bulloch Lade. The blending firm merged with DCL (now Diageo) in 1927, who still run the distillery today. In 1972 the original site was demolished and replaced by a new one. When distilling resumed in 1974, Caol Ila was the largest producer of single malt on the Isle of Islay. Despite this, due to its importance in popular blends such as Johnnie Walker, its single malt brand disappeared under United Distillers, and it was not until 2002 that it would return, when the 12 year old was revived by Diageo. 

As was often the case with the distilleries in the DCL portfolio, Caol Ila was licensed back to the blending firm from which they had acquired it. This 15 year old was introduced by Bulloch Lade, and bottled into the 1980s. When DCL were succeeded by United Distillers, one of the new company's first orders of business was to regain control of the distribution of these single malts, taking the licenses back from the blending houses. Caol Ila single malt was not bottled again until 1991 when it became part of the Flora & Fauna range, and it would not be until 2002 that it was bottled with its own unique brand again.

This rare 100 proof version of the 15 year old was bottled for Zenith Italia, the import company of the legendary G.P Bonfanti. They had several special bottlings produced for it by DCL companies in the early and mid-1980s.

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