Glenugie 1984-2004 - 20 Year Old - Douglas Laing - Old Malt Cask - Single Cask 1320

INFORMATION

Glenugie 1984 - 2004. 20 Year Old. Bottled by Douglas Laing for their Old Malt Cask series. Cask number 1320. One of 201 bottles. 70cl. 50%.

DISTILLERY:Glenugie

DISTILLERY STATUS:Closed

Bottle ABV:50%

Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml

Bottle PRODUCED:201

BOTTLER:Douglas Laing

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

LIMITED EDITION:yes

CASK NUMBER:1320

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Highland

DISTILLED YEAR:1984

BOTTLING DATE::2004

AGE:20

Glenugie distillery closed in 1983 and is one of the most-lamented of the lost Highland distilleries. Originally founded in 1831 as Invernettie, the distillery had a chequered past before being taken over and modernised in the 1950s and ‘60s by Schenley / Long John Distillers. Glenugie spent its active life in the shadows, with the first bottlings from Cadenhead’s and Gordon & MacPhail appearing around the end of the 1970s, just a few years before the distillery closed for good.

Glenugie was rarely bottled as a single malt, but the casks that survived have almost all been outstanding. Now owned by Pernod Ricard, at the time of writing only three official Glenugies have ever been released, the first of which appeared in 2010. Independent bottlings of Glenugie, the best examples of which are from Signatory Vintage, Cadenhead’s, The Bottlers, Douglas Laing, Gordon & MacPhail and Sestante command a premium at auction due to their scarcity and exceptionally high quality.