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Incremental Bidding Explained
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Bottle Details
Glenmorangie Last Christmas at Leith
Despite being owned by blenders, MacDonald & Muir, for most of the 20th century, Glenmorangie had an early focus on bottling its single malt. Some records show that its single malt was being sold as early as the late 19th century. This became the distillery's main output in 1959, and with the unique flavours derived from Scotland's smallest stills, coupled with their pioneering use of wood finishing, Glenmorangie is now one of the world's biggest selling malts. As a result, the distillery portfolio over the years has been extensive, and little has been spared for independent bottlers.
Only 250 bottles of this were produced and given to employees of MacDonald & Muir at their old premises at the foot of Leith Walk in 1995, in their last Christmas there before the Glenmorangie Company was formed the following year, closing that office.
The company had used the premises in Leith since 1893.
Bottled using what appears to be advance samples from the run of hand-blown glass bottles commissioned for the Culloden Bottling the following year.
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