Aberfeldy 1997-2016 - 19 Year Old - Cadenheads Black Label - Small Batch

INFORMATION

Aberfeldy 1997 - 2016. 19 Year Old. Bottled by Cadenhead's for their Black Label series. Small Batch. One of 528 bottles matured in 2 x Bourbon Hogsheads. 70cl. 55.3%.

DISTILLERY:Aberfeldy

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:55.3%

Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml

Bottle PRODUCED:528

BOTTLER:Cadenhead's

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

LIMITED EDITION:yes

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Speyside

DISTILLED YEAR:1997

BOTTLING DATE::2016

AGE:19

Aberfeldy distillery was built by the Dewar family in 1896 to supply Highland malt whisky for their White Label blend. The Dewars joined their business with Buchanan’s in 1915 and amalgamated with Diageo forerunners DCL in 1925. Aberfeldy was expanded to four stills in 1972 and today can produce almost 3.5m litres per annum. In 1998, in the wake of the merger that created Diageo, the Dewar’s business (which included the Aultmore, Craigellachie, Macduff and Royal Brackla distilleries as well as Aberfeldy) were sold to Bacardi to appease the Monopolies & Mergers Commission.

Aberfeldy’s importance to Dewar’s White Label meant that official bottlings were rare in the DCL/United Distillers era. The Flora & Fauna Aberfeldy 15-year-old that appeared in 1991 was the first and only regular United Distillers bottling from the distillery. Bacardi replaced this with Aberfeldy 12-year-old and, following a comprehensive relaunch in 2014, now release several older age statement Aberfeldy whiskies and regular limited editions. Independent Aberfeldy is easy to find and usually excellent quality.