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Ardbeg 1974 Sestante 21 Year Old / Bar Metro

Lot: 184137

Ardbeg 1974 Sestante 21 Year Old / Bar Metro

Winning Bid: £1,156

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Ardbeg
Age: 
1974
Vintage: 
21 Year Old
Region: 
Islay
Bottler: 
Sestante for Bar Metro
Cask Type: 
N/A
Bottled Strength: 
40%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Ardbeg 1974 Sestante 21 Year Old / Bar Metro

A very very rare Ardbeg indeed, distilled in 1974 and bottled by the world renowned Italian bottlers Sestante in 1996.

The Sestante import company was founded in the 1970s by Ernesto Mainardi, and he bottled his first single casks under the name in 1985. Alongside his contemporary, Silvano Samaroli, Mainardi pioneered giving his customers a choice of both standard 40-46% bottlings, and cask strength releases from the same casks. Along with his other brand, Silver Seal, Mainardi's bottlings are incredibly sought after.

This bottled was imported for "G. D'A," or Georgio d'Ambrosio, founder of the esteemed Bar Metro in Milan, a favourite of connoisseurs for its incredible selection. Giorgio was a contemporary of the legendary Edoardo Giaconne of the Edward & Edward whiskyteca in Salo, and both men were among the first in Italy to have special bottlings produced for their bars.

Bottle number 470 of 600.

 

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