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Springbank 1985 Moon Import #40/1-4 / Dovr-Toutes-Mares

Lot: 204731

Springbank 1985 Moon Import #40/1-4 / Dovr-Toutes-Mares

Winning Bid: £1,227

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Springbank
Age: 
N/A
Vintage: 
1985
Region: 
Campbeltown
Bottler: 
Moon Import
Cask Type: 
4 x sherry casks
Bottled Strength: 
50%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Springbank 1985 Moon Import #40/1-4 / Dovr-Toutes-Mares

Moon Import was founded by Pepi Mongiardino in 1980. Heeding the advice of the late, great, Silvano Samaroli, he opted to be "free from the big companies," and became the official distributor for Islay's Bruichladdich, and later Tamnavulin and Tullibardine, preferring however to procure casks from private owners. Mongiardino bottled his first whisky in 1982, titled the Half Moon series. Always beautifully labelled, Pepi is acclaimed for designing the packaging for Moon Import bottles himself, using images found in old books. The famous Birds, Animals, Costumes and Sea series were all labelled using pictures he discovered in an 18th century German encyclopaedia. These iconic designs, coupled with the quality of the liquid saw Moon Import steadily grow in popularity, and with the help of Intertrade founder, Nadi Fiori, they exported their first bottles to Japan in 2001. 

This Springbank was distilled in 1985 and bottled in 1996 for the Dovr-Toutes-Mares series, a collection of 7 single malts, all labelled with antique cartography. There are two 1985 vintages from Springbank in the series.

Bottle 648 of 1100 drawn from sherry casks #40/1, #40/2, #40/3 and #40/4.

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