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North of Scotland 1971 Sansibar 50 Year Old

Lot: 6181867

North of Scotland 1971 Sansibar 50 Year Old

Winning Bid: £500

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Lot:
Distillery: 
North of Scotland
Age: 
50 Year Old
Vintage: 
1971
Region: 
Highland
Bottler: 
Sansibar
Cask Type: 
n/a
Bottled Strength: 
40.4%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

North of Scotland 1971 Sansibar 50 Year Old

North of Scotland began production in 1958, and was the first venture from George P. Christie, who later opened the Speyside distillery as well. North of Scotland originally distilled malt whisky as well, known as Strathmore, but its pot still were removed after just one year to focus on its grain production. Sadly the distillery was short-lived, shut down by Christie in 1980 in anticipation of the era of oversupply, also referred to as the "whisky loch." The site was sold to DCL in 1982 and is nowadays used as a bond and warehousing operation by Diageo. Primarily tasked with provision for blends, there are very few releases of North of Scotland grain. An official 50 year old was bottled in 2017 in partnership with Elixir Distillers, but the majority of independent bottlings are from independent labels like this.

Distilled in 1971, this was selected by and bottled for Sansibar at 50 years old. One of only 344 bottles drawn from a single bourbon barrel.

Sansibar Whisky is a German independent bottler, specialising in Scotch, Japanese whisky and rum. Founded by connoisseur, Jens Drewitz, he tastes and hand-selects almost every cask he purchases, on site at the distilleries. An impressive eye for quality, Sansibar have also supported other small independents, acting as the exclusive German distributor for Glasgow's North Star, and Hidden Spirits in Italy.

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