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Aberlour 1997 20 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection 50cl

Aberlour 1997 20 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection 50cl
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Lot number: 109-05249

Winning bid: £110

Pernod Ricard's share of the Scotch Whisky market is second only to Diageo's; a fact that is in no small part down to their acquisition of Aberlour distillery in 1974. Despite being unlucky enough to suffer two catastrophic fires (in 1879 and 1898), Aberlour has enjoyed stable production throughout most of its life, and under the current regime its popularity has exploded. This is especially true in France where it has overtaken Glenfiddich as the biggest selling single malt.

This roaring success could be attributed to the delicate berry-flavour spirit that runs from its swan-necked stills, or to the enormous popularity of its heavily sherried A'bunadh batch releases. Perhaps even the fact that the Distillery Manager used to serenade the slumbering casks with the soothing tones of the bagpipes. Okay, maybe not the last thing!

Chivas Brothers have created a Distillery Reserve series and a special Cask Strength range uniquely available at distillery visitor centres. The expressions are bottled at cask strength to offer the enthusiast something different from the core range bottlings usually offered by Chivas Brothers: a special reward for fans prepared to make the pilgrimage.

Distilled: 17.12.1997

Bottled: 19.07.2018

Age: 20 Years Old

Cask Type: 1st Fill Butt

Cask Number: 9057

59.1% ABV / 50cl

Bottle Number: 157 / 1056

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