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Ardbeg 1993 Gordon & MacPhail First Fill Sherry Butts - bottled 2005 Connoisseurs Choice

  • 43% |
  • 0.70L

An Islay single malt distilled at the Ardbeg distillery in June 1993, matured in first-fill sherry casks and bottled by the Scottish independent bottler Gordon & MacPhail in December 2005. A heavily peated malt aged for at least 12 years. Note the mention of the distillery owner’’s name on the label…More info

  • Distillery: Ardbeg
  • Appellation: Single Malt Whisky
  • Country/Region: Scotland , Islay
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 3.5cm
  • State: 1 very slightly marked label
  • Origin: Trade
  • Recoverable VAT: Yes
  • Remark: original box

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Ardbeg 1993 Gordon & MacPhail First Fill Sherry Butts - bottled 2005 Connoisseurs Choice

The wine

An Islay single malt distilled at the Ardbeg distillery in June 1993, matured in first-fill sherry casks and bottled by the Scottish independent bottler Gordon & MacPhail in December 2005. A heavily peated malt aged for at least 12 years. Note the mention of the distillery owner’’s name on the label, “The Glenmorangie Co Ltd”. This version also exists in a 40% version bottled in 2004. Bottle equipped with a cork stopper and gold foil seal.The Connoisseurs Choice range was introduced in the early 1970s for the Italian Edoardo Giaccone. It was then used by Gordon & MacPhail from 1978-1979. Over the decades it underwent several changes. This version, known to collectors as the “Map Label”, was used from 1997 to 2007.

The distillery Ardbeg

Scotland, Isle of Islay. Distillery operational. Owner: LVMH - Diageo

Founded in 1815 by McDougall & Co. in the south-east of Islay, near the Kildalton Cross, Ardbeg's malt was for a long time overshadowed by its neighbours and competitors Lagavulin and Laphroaig.It was under the patronage of the McDonald family (Glenmorangie Plc), who bought the distillery in 1997, that it was able to develop its potential and introduce the public to the treasures sleeping in its vaults. Between September and November 1997, no less than three bottlings - two of which would become great classics - were released on the market, the Ardbeg 17 Year Old, Ardbeg 1978 and Ardbeg Provenance 1974. The following decade was rich in single cask, cask strength bottlings matured in sherry and bourbon casks, each more impressive than the next. And it was dressed in a new green bottle with confident Celtic-Gothic aesthetics that Ardbeg flooded the market for fans of malts dominated by aromas of smoke, peat and tiger balm.

Detailed characteristics

  • Distillery: Ardbeg
  • Vintage: 1993
  • Bottler: Gordon & MacPhail
  • Appellation: Single Malt Whisky
  • Country/Region: Scotland , Islay
  • Alcohol percentage: 43 %
  • Volume: 0.70L
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 3.5cm
  • State: 1 very slightly marked label
  • Case: No
  • Remark: original box
  • Origin: Trade
  • Recoverable VAT: Yes
  • Color: Brown
  • Intensity: -
  • Dominant aroma: -
  • Tasting occasion: -
Ardbeg 1993 Gordon & MacPhail First Fill Sherry Butts - bottled 2005 Connoisseurs Choice
Ardbeg 1993 Gordon & MacPhail First Fill Sherry Butts - bottled 2005 Connoisseurs Choice

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Ardbeg 1993 Gordon & MacPhail First Fill Sherry Butts - bottled 2005 Connoisseurs Choice

iDealwine Price(1) corresponds to the hammer price and the buyer's premium charged by the auctioneer. (1)Bottle format