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Strathisla 35 Year Old - Bicentenary 1786-1986


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Strathisla 35 Year Old - Bicentenary 1786-1986
Strathisla 35 Year Old - Bicentenary 1786-1986
LOT ID: 0125-159


Winning Bid
£310.00

End Date: 19 Feb 2025
Strathisla 35 Year Old - Bicentenary 1786-1986
Strathisla 35 Year Old - Bicentenary 1786-1986
LOT ID: 500


Winning Bid
£825.00

End Date: 27 Apr 2022
Strathisla 35 Year Old - Bicentenary 1786-1986
Strathisla 35 Year Old - Bicentenary 1786-1986
LOT ID: 235


Winning Bid
£725.00

End Date: 17 Feb 2021
Strathisla 35 Year Old - Bicentenary 1786-1986
Strathisla 35 Year Old - Bicentenary 1786-1986
LOT ID: 333


Winning Bid
£525.00

End Date: 02 Dec 2020
Strathisla 35 Year Old - Bicentenary 1786-1986
Strathisla 35 Year Old - Bicentenary 1786-1986
LOT ID: 342


Winning Bid
£625.00

End Date: 03 Jul 2019
Strathisla 35 Year Old - Bicentenary 1786-1986
Strathisla 35 Year Old - Bicentenary 1786-1986
LOT ID: 1321


Winning Bid
£550.00

End Date: 06 Mar 2019
Strathisla 35 Year Old - Bicentenary 1786-1986
Strathisla 35 Year Old - Bicentenary 1786-1986
LOT ID: 608


Winning Bid
£625.00

End Date: 05 Sep 2018
Strathisla 35 Year Old - Bicentenary 1786-1986
Strathisla 35 Year Old - Bicentenary 1786-1986
LOT ID: 356


Winning Bid
£390.00

End Date: 01 Aug 2018
Strathisla 35 Year Old - Bicentenary 1786-1986
Strathisla 35 Year Old - Bicentenary 1786-1986
LOT ID: 267


Winning Bid
£330.00

End Date: 03 Jun 2015
Strathisla 35 Year Old - Bicentenary 1786-1986
Strathisla 35 Year Old - Bicentenary 1786-1986
LOT ID: 749


Winning Bid
£310.00

End Date: 01 Oct 2014
Strathisla 35 Year Old - Bicentenary 1786-1986
Strathisla 35 Year Old - Bicentenary 1786-1986
LOT ID: 444


Winning Bid
£350.00

End Date: 03 Sep 2014
Strathisla 35 Year Old - Bicentenary 1786-1986
Strathisla 35 Year Old - Bicentenary 1786-1986
LOT ID: 146


Winning Bid
£330.00

End Date: 04 Sep 2013

Strathisla 35 Year Old - Bicentenary 1786-1986

Strathisla 35 Year Old. Produced for the bicentenary of the distillery 1786-1986. 75cl. 43%.

A phenomenal 35-year-old Strathisla bottled for the distillery’s 200th anniversary celebrations in 1986. Assembled from two ex-sherry puncheons laid down in 1947, this famous bottling has a justifiably exalted reputation among whisky fans entranced by its industrial levels of waxiness and delicious sherry-tinged leather and fruit flavours, with a hint of peat in the background.

Boasting remarkably concentrated flavours despite its 43% strength, Strathisla 35-year-old Bicentenary was sadly a very limited edition bottling - just 500 bottles were produced and many were opened or gifted to staff and VIPs during the Bicentenary celebrations, adding an extra layer of scarcity to this legendary whisky.

Distillery:  Strathisla

Distillery Status:  Working

Bottler: Distillery Bottling

Bottling Year: 1986

Age: 35

Bottles Produced: 500

Limited Edition: yes

Category: Single Malt

Country: Scotland

Bottle Size: 75cl / 750ml

ABV: 43%

One of the greatest of the Speyside distilleries, Strathisla distillery’s whisky is equally at home in sherry or bourbon casks but is not heavily marketed as a single malt, as its spirit is a crucial ingredient in owner Pernod Ricard’s portfolio of blended whiskies. The only official bottlings released are the standard 12-year-old and a series of single cask bottlings available only at the group’s distillery visitor centres.

Thankfully, Gordon & MacPhail have long been a licensed bottler of Strathisla and hold a very considerable stock of Strathisla casks dating back decades. G&M have bottled a remarkable number of superb Strathislas, from the extraordinary 1937 vintage bottles through to the recent 65-year-old Strathisla 1953. At auction, away from the famous vintages and long-aged sherrybombs, mid-aged Strathislas from Gordon & MacPhail are generally excellent value.

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.