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Ardbeg 1967 Signatory Vintage 28 Year Old Miniature / Dark Oloroso Butt #574

Lot: 5124669

Ardbeg 1967 Signatory Vintage 28 Year Old Miniature / Dark Oloroso Butt #574

Winning Bid: £610

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Ardbeg
Age: 
28 Year Old
Vintage: 
1967
Region: 
Islay
Bottler: 
Signatory Vintage
Cask Type: 
dark Oloroso Butt
Bottled Strength: 
53.2%
Bottle Size: 
5cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Ardbeg 1967 Signatory Vintage 28 Year Old Miniature / Dark Oloroso Butt #574

A legendary vintage of Ardbeg, this bottling was awarded a stunning 96 points by WhiskyFun, one of the highest marks ever given to an Ardbeg!

You would not think it to see it now, but Ardbeg had a difficult time of it for much of the 20th century. The distillery was bought in a joint venture between Hiram Walker and DCL in 1959, both intending to supply their blends. The subsequent years were very successful, but DCL backed out in 1979 (closing many of their other distilleries a few years later), and Hiram Walker then struggled in the 1980s era oversupply when interest is blended Scotch was waning. They closed it down for the majority of the decade. It re-opened briefly in the 1990s before being revived for good by Glenmorangie plc in 1997. The lack of demand in the period prior to this, thankfully, saw a lot of casks sold to independent bottlers, many of which have gone on to become legendary releases.

This whisky was distilled on 15th February 1967 and laid to rest in single dark oloroso sherry butt #574 for 28 years. The whisky was then bottled by Signatory Vintage in November 1995.

Signatory Vintage were established in 1988 by Andrew Symington and are one of Scotland's most prolific independent bottlers. Their offices and bottling facility are located next to Edradour distillery, which they have also owned since 2002.

One of 370 bottles.

 

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