This index includes 100 iconic collectors' bottles. They are highly sought after and regularly traded at auction in the UK but do not necessarily always go up in value.
The Icon 100 index contains the following bottles.
Distillery | Vintage | Age | ABV | Volume | ||
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St Magdalene | Rare Malts Selection |
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Rare Malts Selection. Tall olive green glass bottle, silver seal/capsule. In dark blue card box. Bottled Oct 1998. |
1979 | 19 yrs | 63.80% | 70 cl |
Rosebank | Rare Malts Selection |
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Rare Malts Selection. Tall olive green glass bottle, silver seal/capsule. In dark blue card box. Bottled May 2002. |
1981 | 20 yrs | 62.30% | 70 cl |
Rosebank | Rare Malts Selection |
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Rare Malts Selection. Tall olive green glass bottle, silver seal/capsule. In dark blue card box. Bottled Apr 2004. |
1981 | 22 yrs | 61.10% | 70 cl |
Glengoyne | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Vintage Reserve. Distilled Christmas Day 1967. Bottled Aug 1992 |
1967 | N/A | 43.00% | 70 cl |
Glengoyne | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Vintage Reserve. In wooden box with certificate. |
1968 | N/A | 50.30% | 70 cl |
Glenmorangie | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Sauternes Finish. In wood presentation box. Bottled 2002 |
1981 | N/A | 46.00% | 70 cl |
Glenmorangie | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Tain L'Hermitage. Bottled 2003. In wooden presentation box |
1975 | 28 yrs | 46.00% | 70 cl |
Glenmorangie | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Tain L'Hermitage. In wooden presentation box |
1978 | N/A | 43.00% | 70 cl |
Glenmorangie | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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The Culloden Bottle. Leaning neck bottle with wax seal. In wood presentation box with green card sleeve with clansmen pictures |
1971 | N/A | 43.00% | 70 cl |
Glenesk | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Glenesk Maltings 25th Anniversary. Bottled 1993 |
1969 | N/A | 60.00% | 75 cl |
Talisker | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Bottled 2001. In original blue card presentation box |
1975 | 25 yrs | 59.90% | 70 cl |
Talisker | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Bottled 2002. In original carton. Map of Skye in gilt/gold |
1981 | 20 yrs | 62.00% | 70 cl |
Talisker | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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In presentation case within original cardboard sleeve. (Cask No. 4633) |
1973 | 28 yrs | 43.30% | 70 cl |
Talisker | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Bottled 2006. In original blue card presentation box |
N/A | 30 yrs | 51.90% | 70 cl |
Dalmore | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Special Cask Finish matured in Matusalem Sherry Casks from Gonzales Byass. In white card box. |
1973 | 30 yrs | 42.00% | 70 cl |
Dalmore | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Cabernet Sauvignon. Silver metal stags head on bottle and also '1973' screenprinted in silver. In large presentation Case with silver stags head on the front. |
1973 | 33 yrs | 45.00% | 70 cl |
Dalmore | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Distillery Exclusive. First ever hand filled. Bottled Jun 2006. (Cask No. 5231) |
1985 | N/A | 51.50% | 70 cl |
Highland Park | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Vintage Release. In wooden presentation box. Bottled Feb 2001. (Cask No. 11151) |
1973 | 28 yrs | 45.40% | 70 cl |
Highland Park | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Eunsons Legacy. Discontinued dumpy bottling |
N/A | 12 yrs | 40.00% | 70 cl |
Highland Park | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Lunar Bottling. 18 & 3/5 years old. In black wooden presentation box |
N/A | 18 yrs | 45.10% | 70 cl |
Highland Park | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Vintage Release. In wooden presentation box. Bottled Feb 2001. (Cask No. 11167) |
1973 | 28 yrs | 50.40% | 70 cl |
Highland Park | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Bicentenary (1798-1998). Old style dumpy slope shouldered bottle. In card tube with paper strip seal over the top. Bottled 1998 |
1977 | N/A | 40.00% | 70 cl |
Highland Park | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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John Goodwin-35 year-old The Golden Age. Bottled October 1997. Cask Strength. Highland Park 'H' replaced with 'G' |
N/A | 35 yrs | N/A | 70 cl |
Oban | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Bottled 2002. Tall clear bottle with slim neck. White label with 'Natural Cask Strength'. In grey card presentation tube |
1969 | 32 yrs | 55.10% | 70 cl |
Oban | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Managers Dram. 200th anniversary. 1794 - 1994. Bottled July 1994 |
N/A | 16 yrs | 64.00% | 70 cl |
Balblair | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Bottled Sept 2004. In wooden cylindrical box |
1966 | 38 yrs | 44.00% | 70 cl |
Jura | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Relatively plain Jura shaped bottle. Maroon wax seal over stopper cork. Large gold '40' mid bottle. Smaller faun paper label on lower bottle. In padded box with padlock and key. With certificate |
1966 | 40 yrs | 45.10% | 70 cl |
Brora | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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2002 Bottling. Tall clear bottle. In brown card presentation tube with small picture of wildcat on tube & bottle label. |
N/A | 30 yrs | 52.40% | 70 cl |
Brora | Rare Malts Selection |
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Rare Malts Selection. Tall olive green glass bottle, silver seal/capsule. UNBOXED. |
1972 | 22 yrs | 58.70% | 70 cl |
Brora | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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2004 Bottling. Tall clear bottle. In brown card presentation tube with small picture of wildcat on tube & bottle label. |
N/A | 30 yrs | 56.60% | 70 cl |
Brora | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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2003 Bottling. Tall clear bottle. In brown card presentation tube with small picture of wildcat on tube & bottle label. |
N/A | 30 yrs | 55.70% | 70 cl |
Brora | Rare Malts Selection |
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Rare Malts Selection. Tall olive green glass bottle, silver seal/capsule. In dark blue card box. |
1972 | 22 yrs | 61.10% | 70 cl |
Springbank | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Standard Springbank bottle, 'Springbank Distillery' embossed in shoulder. Mainly black label with brown border and brown frame around the large white 'S'. Text in brown and white. In matching mainly black card box. |
N/A | 32 yrs | 46.00% | 70 cl |
Springbank | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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The Frank McHardy Bottling of Springbank 25. To commemorate Franks 40 years in distilling. Tall clear bottle, gold seal/capsule. Small oval image of Frank on upper label. In wood presentation box. |
N/A | 25 yrs | 46.00% | 70 cl |
Springbank | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Tall clear bottle. Faun/brown bottle label. White 'S' in black oval on label. Faun/Brown cardboard presentation box. |
N/A | 21 yrs | 46.00% | 70 cl |
Glenlivet | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Royal Wedding Reserve. Bottled 1981. In red lined black wooden presentation case |
N/A | 25 yrs | 43.00% | 75 cl |
Glen Grant | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Silver Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1952-1977). Dumpy rectangular bottling. In large card silk-lined presentation box with glass decanter. |
N/A | 25 yrs | 75 degs | 26 1/3 fl oz |
Glenfiddich | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Rare Collection. Bottled Oct 2004 |
N/A | 40 yrs | 44.90% | 75 cl |
Glendronach | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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The Glendronach 1968 Vintage. Bottled 1993. In card box. 1968 written in gilt |
1968 | 25 yrs | 43.00% | 75 cl |
Bowmore | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Bicentenary of the distillery (1779-1979). Dumpy black glass shaped bottle, maroon wax seal. Small sea-dragon sticker on shoulder. In WOOD OR CARD presentation box. |
N/A | N/A | 43.00% | 75 cl |
Macallan | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Boxed. Plain white box. Bottled 1984 |
1966 | 18 yrs | 43.00% | 75 cl |
Macallan | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Royal Marriage. Distilled in 1948 and 1961. Bottled 1981 |
N/A | N/A | 43.00% | 75 cl |
Macallan | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Boxed. Bottled 1988 |
1970 | 18 yrs | 43.00% | 75 cl |
Macallan | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Private Eye Bottling, 35th anniversary of Private Eye Magazine. With spirit from 1961. Black seal/capsule with gilt band round the bottom. |
N/A | N/A | 40.00% | 70 cl |
Macallan | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Gran Reserva. Bottled 1997. In original wooden box |
1979 | 18 yrs | 40.00% | 70 cl |
Macallan | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Gran Reserva. In original wooden box. Bottled 1998. |
1980 | 18 yrs | 40.00% | 70 cl |
Macallan | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Robert Burns commemorative decanter. In rough wooden box with poem & glass stopper. Bottled 2009. Both 1997 and 1998 casks were cask numbers 1759 |
1997/1998 | N/A | 46.00% | 70 cl |
Macallan | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Easter Elchies Cask selection. Only Available at the distillery. Bottled 2008. Red ribbon & wax seal. (Cask No. 9455/4693) |
1995/1996 | 12 yrs | 59.60% | 70 cl |
Macallan | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Boxed. Bottled 1992 |
1974 | 18 yrs | 43.00% | 70 cl |
Macallan | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Boxed. Bottled 1996 |
1978 | 18 yrs | 43.00% | 70 cl |
Macallan | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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In card Presentation tube |
1986 | 18 yrs | 43.00% | 70 cl |
Macallan | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Over 25 yr old. Anniversary Malt. In wooden box. Non vintage |
N/A | 25 yrs | 43.00% | 70 cl |
Macallan | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Sherry Oak. In blue wood presentation box with blue bottle labels |
N/A | 30 yrs | 43.00% | 70 cl |
Macallan | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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In card Presentation tube |
1982 | 18 yrs | 43.00% | 70 cl |
Macallan | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Anniversary Malt. In wooden box. Bottled 1996 |
1970 | 25 yrs | 43.00% | 70 cl |
Macallan | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Anniversary Malt. In wooden box. Bottled 1997 |
1971 | 25 yrs | 43.00% | 70 cl |
Macallan | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Anniversary Malt. In wooden box. Bottled 1998 |
1972 | 25 yrs | 43.00% | 70 cl |
Macallan | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Anniversary Malt. In wooden box. Bottled 2000 |
1975 | 25 yrs | 43.00% | 70 cl |
Lagavulin | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Limited annual release. Released 2007 |
1985 | 21 yrs | 56.50% | 70 cl |
Glenlivet | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Silver Jubilee Reserve. Silver Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1952-1977). Parchment style label. In black wooden box with gilt writing & crown. Also has 750 ml on label |
N/A | 25 yrs | 75 degs | 26 2/3 fl oz |
Glenfarclas | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Standard brown bottle, gold seal/capsule. Bottled June 2001 |
1972 | N/A | 43.00% | 70 cl |
Port Ellen | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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2008 Feis Ile Single Cask. Released unboxed. Approx 220 bottles released. (Cask No. 1301) |
1981 | 27 yrs | 54.70% | 70 cl |
Port Ellen | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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3rd Release |
1979 | 24 yrs | 57.30% | 70 cl |
Port Ellen | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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5th Release |
1979 | 25 yrs | 57.40% | 70 cl |
Port Ellen | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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1st Release (states 'Annual release' on label, doesn't state '1st release) |
1979 | 22 yrs | 56.20% | 70 cl |
Port Ellen | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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4th Release |
1978 | 25 yrs | 56.20% | 70 cl |
Port Ellen | Rare Malts Selection |
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Rare Malts Selection. Tall olive green glass bottle, silver seal/capsule. In dark blue card box. Bottled Oct 1998. |
1978 | 20 yrs | 60.90% | 70 cl |
Port Ellen | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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2nd Release |
1978 | 24 yrs | 59.35% | 70 cl |
Dalwhinnie | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Bottled in 2002. In white card presentation tube. Classic malts branding below label |
1966 | 36 yrs | 47.20% | 70 cl |
Ardbeg | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Provenance. 1st Release. Bottled Nov 1997. In wooden presentation box. |
1974 | 23 yrs | 55.60% | 70 cl |
Ardbeg | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Vintage Bottling. Green Box. Green box insert. Bottled 1998 |
1978 | N/A | 43.00% | 70 cl |
Ardbeg | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Vintage Bottling. Green Box. Green box insert. Bottled 2000 |
1975 | N/A | 43.00% | 70 cl |
Ardbeg | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Vintage Bottling. Green Box. Green box insert. Bottled 2001 - 2004 |
1977 | N/A | 46.00% | 70 cl |
Ardbeg | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Guaranteed 30 year old. Boxed |
N/A | 30 yrs | 40.00% | 70 cl |
Ardbeg | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Discontinued Bottling. In green card box with tasting card |
N/A | 17 yrs | 40.00% | 70 cl |
Ardbeg | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Lord of The Isles. Discontinued 2007. In green card casket/box |
N/A | 25 yrs | 46.00% | 70 cl |
Laphroaig | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Natural Cask Strength. Aged Naturally in wood. Small lower bottle label bears bottle number in red text. In dark green presentation case. Bottled 2001. |
N/A | 40 yrs | 42.40% | 70 cl |
Laphroaig | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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In green wood hay lined box |
N/A | 30 yrs | 43.00% | 70 cl |
Balvenie | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Vintage Cask. Bottled Sept 2000. In wooden presentation box. (Cask no. 7296) |
1968 | 32 yrs | 50.80% | 70 cl |
Balvenie | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Rose. 1st Release. In dark red card presentation box |
1991 | 16 yrs | 53.40% | 70 cl |
Balvenie | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Rose. 2nd Release. In dark red card presentation box |
N/A | 16 yrs | 50.30% | 70 cl |
Bowmore | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Black Ceramic Bottling. Sea Dragon. In BLACK CARD presentation box with sea dragon picture |
N/A | 30 yrs | 43.00% | 70 cl |
Caol Ila | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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150th Anniversary of the distillery (1846-1996). Sepia oval distillery picture on label. Silver seal/capsule. UNBOXED. Bottled 1996 |
N/A | 20 yrs | 57.86% | 70 cl |
Glenlivet | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Cellar Collection. Bottled 2000. In wooden box |
1967 | N/A | 46.00% | 70 cl |
Glenlivet | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Cellar Collection. Cream & olive green labels. In large wooden box. Bottled Sep 2006 |
1969 | N/A | 50.80% | 70 cl |
Glenlivet | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Cellar Collection. In large wood presentation box. Bottled Aug 2005 |
1972 | N/A | 52.30% | 70 cl |
Lagavulin | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Limited annual release. Bottled 2002 |
1977 | 25 yrs | 57.20% | 70 cl |
Lagavulin | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Distillers Edition. |
1979 | N/A | 43.00% | 70 cl |
Lagavulin | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Limited annual release. Bottled 2006. |
1976 | 30 yrs | 52.60% | 70 cl |
Glendronach | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Matured in Oloroso sherry casks. In wooden presentation tube |
N/A | 33 yrs | 40.00% | 70 cl |
Glenfiddich | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Vintage Reserve. Bottled May 2006. In wooden presentation case. (Cask No. 9874) |
1973 | 33 yrs | 46.50% | 70 cl |
Glenglassaugh | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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The Family Silver. Pale cream/pale yellow label with three silver 'hallmarks' just underneath 'The Family Silver'. |
1973 | N/A | 40.00% | 70 cl |
Bowmore | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Sherry Wood Vintage Distillation. Bottled 2005 |
1971 | 34 yrs | 51.00% | 70 cl |
Caol Ila | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Managers Dram. Label states July 1990. Gold screw cap with 'Finest Scotch Whisky' diagonally. |
N/A | 15 yrs | 63.00% | 75 cl |
Bunnahabhain | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Auld Acquaintance. Bottled 2002. Dark green dumpy bottle with red label & red neck label. In red card tube |
1968 | N/A | 43.80% | 70 cl |
Glenfiddich | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Queen Mary 2. In wooden presentation case . (Cask No. 21229) |
1976 | N/A | 50.30% | 70 cl |
Mortlach | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Natural Cask Strength. Tall clear slim necked bottle with white paper label. In black card box. Bottled 2004 |
1971 | 32 yrs | 50.10% | 70 cl |
Bowmore | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Vintage Release. Casks 4864, 4865 & 4866. In large maroon card box with gilt distillery picture detail at the bottom |
1972 | 27 yrs | 53.30% | 70 cl |
Brora | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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2008 Bottling. Tall clear bottle. In brown card presentation tube with small picture of wildcat on tube & bottle label. |
N/A | 25 yrs | 56.30% | 70 cl |
Glen Garioch | Official (Distillery) Bottling |
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Tall clear bottle. Faun label with small oval distillery picture at top of label. Large '21' just under 'Glen Garioch'. Gold branded seal/capsule. In card presentation box with gilt branding and detail on the front. |
1965 | 21 yrs | 43.00% | 75 cl |