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Lagavulin 15 Year Old White Horse Decanter 1980s / Montenegro Import

Lot: 5142276

Lagavulin 15 Year Old White Horse Decanter 1980s / Montenegro Import

Winning Bid: £925

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Lagavulin
Age: 
15 Year Old
Region: 
Islay
Bottler: 
White Horse Distillers
Bottled Strength: 
45%
Bottle Size: 
75cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Lagavulin 15 Year Old White Horse Decanter 1980s / Montenegro Import

Lagavulin distillery is one of the quintessential Islay producers, built in the early 19th century before eventually finding itself in the hands of White Horse blenders and their infamous proprietor, Sir Peter Mackie. It has truly captured the imagination of the whisky world in modern times, with the 16 year old becoming an instant (if unexpected) favourite when introduced as one of United Distillers' Classic Malts in 1988. The company had not expected the smoky flavours to be as popular as lighter offerings such as Dalwhinnie and Glenkinchie. Lagavulin was also home to the legendary (and near mythical) Malt Mill distillery in the first half of the 19th century.  

DCL (now Diageo) acquired Lagavulin in 1927, and it was commonplace for them to grant the licenses for their distilleries to the subsidiary blending companies within their portfolio. Lagavulin was obtained through their acquisition of White Horse Distillers, and remained an important component of its blends, so the license was immediately granted to its former owner along with Glen Elgin. 

This was produced alongside the 12 year old (part of the Ascot Malt Cellar), before the Lagavulin single malt brand was relaunched as part of the Classic Malts, seeing both discontinued in favour of the 16 year old.

Please note: These bottles were sold unsealed by the distillery. Whisky Auctioneer will not offer for sale bottles that were originally sealed and no longer are. In instances like this, we have taken every effort to understand the provenance and to authenticate the liquid in order to give buyers the opportunity to acquire important bottles of this kind.

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