Dalmore 1978 20 Year Old Bottled 1999 - Signatory Vintage 5cl

A miniature bottle of Dalmore 20 Year Old. This was distilled on 20 October 1978, matured in a single sherry butt, and bottled on 27 January 1999 by Signatory Vintage.

This is bottle number 483 of 1250; it was bottled from butt number 10133.

Dalmore distillery was founded in 1839 by Alexander Matheson, and was taken over by the Mackenzie family in 1878. The distillery remained family-owned until 1960, when one of Dalmore's biggest customers, Whyte & Mackay, took control of the distillery. Always a significant contributor to blends, the 12 year old expression was one of the few single malt bottlings from Dalmore. In recent times, the core range has expanded and luxury expressions such as the Constellation collection (21 vintage malts from 1964 to 1992) were released.

This lot comes from the extensive collection of a Merseyside collector who began his hobby with bottles bought for guests as digestifs at private dinner parties in the early 1970s. His interest led to him advertising in the UK national newspapers, and buying and selling bottles as far afield as Australia, America and Ireland, with his last significant addition being a collection he purchased from Stoke On Trent in 1984.

This Dalmore 1978 20 Year Old sold at our online auction for £28