BLAIR ATHOL 25 ans 1988 World of Whisky Signatory Vintage

A Blair Athol single cask (#6925) distilled in 1988, matured in a sherry cask and bottled in 2014 by Signatory Vintage for the Cask Strength Collection. Signatory Vintage’s founder Andrew Symington first started out in the whisky industry selecting casks for the Prestonfield House hotel in Edinburgh. In 1988, he set up his own company, investing in a small bottling chain, which he installed in his warehouses in Edinburgh. His first bottlings were released at cask strength and without chillfiltration or colouring, all of which was still fairly rare in the late 1980s. The legendary “Dumpy bottle” series also provided information not generally shared by bottlers, including the cask number, cask type and the number of bottles produced. Bottles were numbered by hand. Signatory Vintage developed a solid reputation not only for its legendary whiskies from iconic distilleries (Springbank, Ardbeg, Laphroaig, Bowmore) but also for its bottlings from very rare distilleries such as Ben Wyvis, Glen Flagler and Killyloch, and, of course, the many expressions distilled in a Lomond still from Miltonduff (Mosstowie), Glen Keith (Craigduff, Glenisla) and Glenburgie (Glencraig). In 2002, Andrew Symington bought the Edradour distillery in Pitlochry in the Highlands of Scotland. He relocated Signatory Vintage to the distillery’s location, including its warehouses, which are opposite the distillery. A limited edition of 485 bottles.