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Glengoyne 1969-1996 - 25 Year Old - Vintage Reserve

LOT ID: 0823-312


End Date : Oct 18 2023 08:00 PM


Total Bids: 7   

Final Bid
£500.00


LOT DESCRIPTION

Glengoyne 1969 - 1996. 25 Year Old. Vintage Reserve. One of 2,742 bottles. 70cl. 47%. In wooden presentation box including matching miniature.

A small batch 1969 vintage Glengoyne bottled in 1996 during Edrington’s stewardship, this sophisticated dram was well ahead of the curve, being released unchillfiltered at 47% during a period when such practices were well outside the norm for official bottlings. A fantastic after-dinner whisky.

CONDITION

Good.

FILLING LEVEL

High Shoulder

Distillery:  Glengoyne

Distillery Status:  Working

Bottler: Distillery Bottling

Region: Highland

Distilled Year: 1969

Bottling Year: 1996

Age: 25

Bottles Produced: 2,742

Limited Edition: yes

Category: Single Malt

Country: Scotland

Bottle Size: 70cl / 700ml

ABV: 47%

One of Scotland’s finest unsung distilleries, Glengoyne has long been beloved by whisky connoisseurs. Situated right on the border with the Lowlands, Glengoyne is nevertheless a Highland whisky and has made a virtue of using unpeated barley for its ultra-clean spirit, much of which is matured in sherry casks.

Owners Ian Macleod Distillers keep up an impressive rate of new official bottlings from Glengoyne, which was for many years the undisputed star distillery in their portfolio before the acquisition of Rosebank in 2017. A great number of single cask Glengoynes are bottled to complement the standard range of age statement bottlings, of which the 12-year-old and the 21-year-old remain the value standouts. Independently-bottled Glengoyne is rare but some great versions have appeared from Douglas and Hunter Laing, Elixir Distillers and Malts of Scotland.

Distillery bottlings are, as the name suggests, bottled by or for the distillery from which the whisky has originated and are thus often referred to as Official Bottlings or OBs. Distillery bottlings are generally more desirable for collectors and usually fetch higher prices at auction than independent bottlings. They are officially-endorsed versions of the whisky from a particular distillery and are therefore considered the truest expression of the distillery’s character.

This ideal of the distillery character is regarded so seriously by the distilleries and brand owners that casks of whisky that are considered to vary too far from the archetype are frequently sold on to whisky brokers and independent bottlers. When this happens, it is often with the proviso that the distillery’s name is not allowed to be used when the cask is bottled for fear of diminishing or damaging the distillery’s character and status.

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Please note: due to the various ages of bottles, corks and their seals, condition of liquid is at the buyer's discretion. And no claim can be lodged against failure/leakage in transit.All bottles are checked by our whisky specialists Wayne & Harrison Ormerod prior to any auction. We do not auction opened bottles so therefore all items are sealed unless stated under certain circumstances where seals were never issued by the producer.
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BID HISTORY

BID DATE TIME
Last Bids £500.00 18th October 2023 17:49