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Glenkinchie 1966 Moon Import / The Costumes

Lot: 6169734

Glenkinchie 1966 Moon Import / The Costumes

Winning Bid: £1,000
(Reserve has been met) This lot currently has: 19 bids

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Glenkinchie
Age: 
N/A
Vintage: 
1969
Region: 
Lowland
Bottler: 
Moon Import
Cask Type: 
Hogshead
Bottled Strength: 
46%
Bottle Size: 
75cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Glenkinchie 1966 Moon Import / The Costumes

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.

This Glenkinchie was matured in hogshead #2573 and was bottled as part of The Costumes,  all of which were bottled in 1988. This was the company's most prolific year to that date, with The Sea series also released, making a total of over 7000 bottles.

Glenkinchie distillery was built in 1837 by the Rate brothers, who had previously operated another site called Milton, situated nearby. Glenkinchie was expanded to its current size in 1890, under the watch of Major James Grey. In 1914 they formed the Scottish Malt Distillers group, alongside Rosebank, St. Magdalene, Grange and Clydesdale, which in turn was folded into DCL (now Diageo) in 1925. It was an important constituent in many of their blends, particularly Johnnie Walker (of which it now the Lowland 'home' of the brand), and as such, did not have an official single malt brand until 1988, when United Distillers favoured it over Rosebank as the Lowland representative in the Classic Malts stable in 1988. Independent labels like this has been bottling it for many years, however.

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