Ayrshire/Ladyburn 1973 31 Years Oak Cask No. 5786 Lowland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Cask Strength 43.6% Vol. from the Duncan Taylor Rarest of the Rare Cask Strength Historic Single Cask Collection - one of just 197 bottles of an outstanding Ladyburn Lowland single malt!
A rare and exclusive vintage 1973 31-year-old Ayrshire Lowland single malt Scotch whisky from Duncan Taylor s Rarest of the Rare cask strength closed distilleries historic single cask bottling series, distilled in October 1973 and, after over 31 years of maturation in an oak cask with cask no. 5786 was bottled in November 2004 without the addition of colouring or chill filtration at cask strength 43.6% ABV in a limited edition of just 197 individually numbered bottles.
The single malt Scotch whiskies offered by Duncan Taylor from 2004 to 2012 as part of the prestigious Rarest of the Rare Cask Strength Historic bottling series all originate from closed distilleries and are part of the casks from Ayrshire, Banff, Caperdonich, Glen Albyn, Glencraig, Glenlochy, Glenugie, Glenury Royal, Inverleven, Kinclaith, Linlithgow, Mosstowie, North Port, Pittyvaich and Port Ellen, and were all bottled as limited-edition single cask whiskies, representing the pinnacle of Scottish whisky craftsmanship.
The exceptional whiskies from the Rarest of the Rare Cask Strength Edition impress with their outstanding quality and are now extremely rare to find. All bottles in this limited edition feature detailed information such as the distillation and bottling dates, the cask number and the bottle number.
The history of the distillery Ladyburn is as short as it is legendary; for less than a decade, this Lowland distillery produced its elegant, distinctive single malt. Built in 1966, the stills were silenced for good as early as 1975, and with only nine years of operation, the Ladyburn malt whisky distillery is one of the distilleries in Scotland with the shortest history. The distillery site is located in the Lowlands whisky region near the town of Ayrshire. Ladyburn was founded in 1966 by William Grant and Sons Limited, which at the time already owned the Glenfiddich and Balvenie distilleries; the facility was not a distillery in its own right, but rather comprised two pairs of stills at the Girvan distillery. The Girvan distillery was built in 1963, and in 1966 William Grant and Sons decided to undertake a small expansion in the form of Ladyburn. In 1976, Grant and Sons decided to cease production at Ladyburn, and so Ladyburn met the same fate as the Ben Wyvis malt distillery within the Invergordon Highland Grain distillery or the Kinclaith malt distillery within the walls of the Strathclyde Grain distillery, and all the equipment was dismantled. Today, the only remnants of Ladyburn are the few original bottlings and the rare releases from independent bottlers under the name Ayrshire - now a piece of pure, irreplaceable whisky history!
This exclusive vintage 1973 31 year Ayrshire Oak Cask No. 5786 Lowland Single Malt Scotch Whisky by Duncan Taylor from the early 2000s boasts a wonderful amber colour and shows the elegant, fruity-floral Lowland character of Ladyburn, an epic depth of dark oak, beeswax and soft vanilla, and delights with its maturity and complexity.
An exquisite and exceptional artefact from the history of Scotch whisky, from the closed Ladyburn distillery in the Lowlands and a rare vintage 1973 31 year Ayrshire Lowland Single Malt Scotch Whisky from the Rarest of the Rare cask strength closed distilleries historic single cask bottling series from the year 2004 for connoisseurs, discerning whisky collectors and lovers of exclusive and old Scotch whiskies, which is now almost impossible to find.
- Typ: Single Malt Whisky - Independent bottling
- District: Lowlands
- Vintage: October 1973
- Age: 31 years old
- Year bottled: November 2004
- Cask Wood Type: Oak Cask
- Cask No.: 5786
- Alcohol ABV% 43.6 - Cask Strength
- Bottling Series: Vintage 1973 Rarest of the Rare Cask Strength Closed Distilleries Historic Single Cask Collection
- Bottle Size 70cl / 700ml
- not coloured / not chill filtered
- Packaging original wooden boxed with certificate (box with traces)
- Producer/Importer: Duncan Taylor, King Street, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, AB548HP, Scotland
- Country of Origin Scotland
- limited, one of only 197 bottles - very rare old single cask bottling and exclusive whisky rarity!
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