Glen Keith 1973-2017 - 43 Year Old - Cadenheads Gold Label - Single Cask

INFORMATION

Glen Keith-Glenlivet 1973 - 2017. 43 Year Old. Bottled by Cadenhead's for their Gold Label series. Single Cask. One of 156 bottles matured in a Bourbon Hogshead. 70cl. 43.2%.

DISTILLERY:Glen Keith

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:43.2%

Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml

Bottle PRODUCED:156

BOTTLER:Cadenhead's

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

LIMITED EDITION:yes

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Speyside

DISTILLED YEAR:1973

BOTTLING DATE::2017

AGE:43

Glen Keith is a large Speyside distillery that maintains an extremely low profile. The distillery was founded in 1957 by Seagram’s and was experimental from the start: triple distillation was practised until the 1980s, and Glen Keith also experimented with gas-fired direct heating, Saladin box maltings and distilling with peated water in the 1970s. Some of these experimental spirits were bottled later as Craigduff and Glenisla by Signatory Vintage.

The main business of Glen Keith, though, was always to supply high quality Speyside malt for Seagram’s blends, particularly 100 Pipers. Mothballed in 1999, Glen Keith remained silent until being revived in 2013 after extensive refurbishment by Pernod Ricard, who had taken over Seagram’s Chivas Brothers portfolio in 2001. At auction, independent bottlers are a safer bet than the generally mundane Seagram-era official bottlings, with some outstanding fruity, waxy vintages from the 1960s and 1970s highly sought after.