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Inchgower 18 Year Old Moon Import / The Cars

Lot: 6142446

Inchgower 18 Year Old Moon Import / The Cars

Winning Bid: £300
(Reserve not met) This lot currently has: 17 bids

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Inchgower
Age: 
18 Year Old
Vintage: 
N/A
Region: 
Speyside
Bottler: 
Moon Import
Cask Type: 
Sherry Wood
Bottled Strength: 
59%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Inchgower 18 Year Old Moon Import / The Cars

Moon Import was founded by Pepi Mongiardino in 1980 and he bottled his first whisky in 1982. Always beautifully labelled, Pepi is acclaimed for designing the packaging for Moon Import bottles himself, often using images found in old books. These iconic designs, coupled with the quality of the liquid saw Moon Import steadily grow in popularity. The company is still going strong, and their early releases are some of the brightest gems in any whisky collection.

Matured in sherry wood, this Inchgower is part of The Cars series and features a Peerless Touring Car on the label. One of 238.

Inchgower was built in 1871 by Alexander Wilson, using equipment rescued from the disused Tochineal distillery nearby. When his family went bankrupt, the distillery was bought by the town council, who sold it to Arthur Bell in 1937. As you would expect, it has been a key constituent in the Bell's blend ever since. As with Blair Athol and Dufftown, Arthur Bell & Sons took an early interest in bottling its single malt, with official releases appearing from the 1970s. These disappeared when Guinness bought Bell's in 1985 however, and it was not until United Distillers launched the Flora & Fauna brand in 1991 that the former Bell's stable would receive distillery bottlings again. Nowadays important to the Johnnie Walker blend too, other official releases of Inchgower are rare, and it is with independent releases like this where it enjoys the prominence it deserves.

 

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