LOT ID: 0824-632
End Date : Oct 16 2024 08:10 PM
Rosebank 1967 - 1993. 25 Year Old. Bottled by Signatory Vintage. Cask numbers 4393-4. One of 220 bottles. 70cl. 54.4%. In presentation box.
An exceptionally rare early Rosebank 1967 Lowland single malt whisky bottled at full cask strength by Signatory Vintage in February 1993, when the distillery was still operational but only a few months away from closing down for a 30 year hiatus. This was a batch of two low-yielding sister casks that turned out just 220 bottles at a natural cask strength of 54.4%; a further two sister casks were bottled together for a second batch of 250 bottles in 1996. A wonderful Rosebank from a bygone era.
FILLING LEVEL
High Shoulder
The writing was on the wall for Rosebank in 1988 when owners United Distillers preferred the less accomplished but much more tourist-friendly Glenkinchie for their new Classic Malts series. Rosebank closed in 1993, after UD balked at a £2m upgrade to the distillery’s effluent treatment facility, and soon became a cult lost distillery - the Lowland equivalent of Brora or Port Ellen. Miraculously, Diageo have now restored both Brora and Port Ellen, while Rosebank was rebuilt under new owners Ian MacLeod Distillers and began distilling again in June 2023.
Today, new bottlings of old Rosebank are dwindling, and prices have increased dramatically over the last decade. Essential official bottlings of Rosebank include the glorious 1979 and 1981 Rare Malt Editions, and the splendid Special Releases from 2007, 2011 and 2014. Indie Rosebanks from the early 1990s vintages are generally excellent and usually more affordable at auction.
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.
| BID | DATE | TIME | |
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| £1,850.00 | 16th October 2024 | 20:02 | |
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