Ben Nevis 1966 Single Calvados Cask Finish 50 Year Old #3645 / Alambic Classique
Ben Nevis distillery was built by "Long" John MacDonald in 1825, and was so popular by the end of the 19th century that at one point the estate employed over 200 people. After a series of closures and re-openings at the beginning of the 20th, it was eventually bought by former Canadian bootlegger, Joseph Hobbs. He installed a coffey still there in 1955, making Ben Nevis Scotland's first dual-operation distillery, and began to blend its malt and grain before filling it to cask. Sporadic closures again followed Hobb's death, with stability finally ensured in 1989 when it was bought by long-term customers, Nikka Whisky of Japan. Its turbulent history means there were few distillery bottlings until the launch of the 10 year old single malt in 1996.
This impressive 1966 vintage was was bottled exclusively for German wine and spirits distributors, Alambic Classique, in April 2017. Originally purchased by Mr. Herman Suppanz, he felt the cask would benefot from a secondary ageing, and supplied an ex-Calvados barrel into which the hogshead was re-racked for its final 3 years and 8 months of maturation.
One of just 100 bottles.
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