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Ben Wyvis 1968-2000 - 31 Year Old - Signatory Vintage - Single Cask 685

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End Date : Nov 30 2022 09:00 PM

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Ben Wyvis 1968 - 2000. 31 Year Old. Bottled by Signatory Vintage. Cask number 685. One of 191 decanters. 70cl. 51%. In wooden presentation box with matching miniature and stopper.

Ben Wyvis was a single malt produced at Invergordon Grain distillery between 1965 and 1977. It is one of the rarest and most scarcely bottled Scottish single malts. This bottling is one of a set of three Ben Wyvis 1968 single casks bottled in 2000 by Signatory.

Distillery: Ben Wyvis

Distillery Status: Closed

Bottler: Signatory Vintage

Region: Highland

Distilled Year: 1968

Bottling Year: 2000

Age: 31

Bottles Produced: 191

Limited Edition: yes

Cask Number: 685

Category: Single Malt

Country: Scotland

Bottle Size: 70cl / 700ml

ABV: 51%

Ben Wyvis was a short-lived single malt whisky distillery constructed in 1965 within the Invergordon grain distillery complex which had begun production four years earlier. Ben Wyvis made single malt exclusively for blends but sadly soon found itself surplus to requirements and was closed in 1976 after just 11 years of production. The site was dismantled and demolished the following year, but the stills were retained and later ended up at Glengyle distillery.

As you might expect from its brief history, Ben Wyvis is one of Scotland’s rarest single malts - only a dozen or so bottlings exist, with nothing new since 2000. Whyte & Mackay bought Invergordon in the 1990s and released a handful of official bottlings of Ben Wyvis from the 1972 and 1975 vintages in 1999, while Signatory Vintage bottled three excellent casks of the 1968 vintage the following year.

Signatory Vintage Whisky Company was founded by Andrew Symington in 1988 after a spell as assistant manager at the Prestonfield House Hotel, where he had the opportunity to buy a cask of Glenlivet 1968. A robust and canny businessman, Symington had soon acquired some outstanding parcels of casks from great distilleries, and quickly established a reputation among single malt fans for good value, high quality single casks, the majority of which were released at full strength.

Throughout the 1990s and beyond, Signatory released outstanding whisky from Ardbeg, Glenfarclas, Springbank and many more, with frequently remarkable examples of lost or obscure distilleries. Soon established as one of the leading new wave independent bottlers, Symington was also an early exponent of bottling whiskies without colouring or chill filtration, a policy that has also served Signatory well at their Edradour distillery, which was purchased in 2002.

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