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Caol Ila 1969 Gordon and MacPhail 15 Year Old / Co. Import

Lot: 6140451

Caol Ila 1969 Gordon and MacPhail 15 Year Old / Co. Import

Winning Bid: £980
(Reserve has been met) This lot currently has: 22 bids

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Caol Ila
Age: 
15 Year Old
Vintage: 
1969
Region: 
Islay
Bottler: 
Gordon & Macphail
Cask Type: 
N/A
Bottled Strength: 
40%
Bottle Size: 
75cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Caol Ila 1969 Gordon and MacPhail 15 Year Old / Co. Import

Gordon & MacPhail are one of the largest and most recognisable whisky companies in the world. Although they began distilling at the newly refurbished Benromach distillery in 1998, for most of their history they were an independent bottler. Their labels are recognised by whisky lovers the world over, and their licensed bottlings from distillery's like Macallan and Talisker in the 1970s and 1980s, when the companies were not bottling themselves, are a huge part of the success of those distillers today.

This 1969 vintage Caol Ila was produced for Co. Import in Pinerolo, Italy.

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. The Flora & Fauna release was well-regarded in the meantime, but it was independent releases like this that gave the best opportunity to sample this much-loved single malt.

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