St. Magdalene 1979 19 Years Limited Edition Lowland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Cask Strength 63.8% Vol. of the Diageo Rare Malts Selection Limited - rare and old Lowland Single Malt from the closed Distillery St. Magdalene!
A very rare vintage 1979 19 years old St. Magdalene Lowland Single Malt Scotch Whisky at natural cask strength 62.8% vol. from Diageo s famous Rare Malts Selection Limited Edition, bottled in October 1998 in a limited edition with individually numbered bottles.
This exceptional and rare Lowland single malt Scotch whisky from the late 1970s from the old St. Magdalene distillery, which closed in 1983, impresses with its extraordinary quality and is now one of the most sought-after old bottlings from the cult distillery among connoisseurs and collectors.
With the long discontinued Rare Malts Selection limited edition range from Diageo, very special single malts from selected distilleries such as Auchroisk, Bannf, Blair Athol, Brora, Caol Ila, Clynelish, Convalmore, Hillside-Glenesk, Glendullan, Glen Mhor, Millburn, Port Ellen, Royal Lochnagar, Rosebank, St. Magdalene and Inchgower were presented in a limited edition at cask strength and are today almost considered a cult among connoisseurs.
This unique and limited edition bottle of 19 years St. Magdalene Lowland Single Malt Scotch Whisky from the famous Rare Malts Selection and the year 1979 has now almost completely disappeared from the market.
A special piece of whisky history from the silent St. Magdalene distillery for connoisseurs, the discerning whisky collector and lovers of exclusive old Scotch whiskies, each bottle individually numbered in a limited edition and rarely found today.
St. Magdalene / Linlithgow was a distillery in Linlithgow in the Scottish Lowlands. The distillery was founded under the name of Linlithgow in 1765 by Sebastian Henderson and 1797, taken over by Adam Dawson, who had opened already 1795 Bonny Town distillery in Linlithgow. 1810 two distilleries were merged. 1912 acquired the Distillers Company Limited (DCL) the distillery. She was in 1914 next to Rosebank, Clydesdale, Glenkinchie and The Grange one of the five founding distilleries of Scottish Malt Distillers (SMD). During the Second World War was not produced. In 1983 the distillery was shut down and St. Magdalene is one of the closed Distilleries. Parts of the distillery are demolished, others are now apartments. The water of the members of the region Lowlands distillery was from Loch Lomond. It had two Wash- and spirit stills, accordingly was distilled twice. Here is an exceptional for the Lowlands single malt was produced for a little over two hundred years. Exceptional because St. Magdalene Single Malt Whisky was heavily peated in malting, which typically is not just for the well-known for their mild, soft whisky region in southern Scotland.
The still few available bottlings and particularly the specimens from the legendary Rare Malts Selection are very complex single malt whiskies and enjoy almost cult status among connoisseurs.
- Nose: Salt and black pepper, a lot of lemon aromas, powerful and smoky
- Palate: Vanilla and slightly bitter wood, lots of lemon and salt, orange and mango fruit mixture, honey, round and brilliant
- Finish: very long - vanilla, honey, salty smoke and fruit with peppery aromas of wood
- Colour: yellow gold
- Typ: Single Malt Whisky - Distillery Bottling
- District: Lowlands
- Vintage: 1979
- Age: 19 years old
- Year bottled: October 1998
- Alcohol ABV% 63.8 - Cask Strength
- Bottling Series: Vintage 1979 Rare Malts Selection Limited Edition
- Bottle Size 70cl / 700ml
- not coloured / chill filtered
- Packaging original boxed (box with small traces)
- Producer/Importer: J and G Stewart, Edinburgh EH12 6JW / Diageo Scotland Limited, Edinburgh Park, 5 Lochside Way, EH12 9 DT Edinburgh, Scotland
- Country of Origin Scotland
- limited, number unknown - rare collector´s whisky!
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