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Incremental Bidding Explained
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Bottle Details
Strathconon 12 Year Old Malt Whisky 1970s
Strathconon is a blended malt first produced by DCL in the 1970s through James Buchanan & Co. James Buchanan founded the blending company in 1884, merging it was John Dewar & Sons in 1915. It became part of the DCL family when they acquired Buchanan-Dewar ten years later. The Strathconon brand was aimed at the emerging single malt market in Italy, giving prominence to phrase on its label. It is believe the composition included Mortlach, Glenlossie, Aultmore and Glentauchers.
This is an early example of the product. DCL later packaged Strathconon in its Ascot Malt Cellar in 1982, a range generally believed to be a precursor to the Classic Malts six years later, but considered as a somewhat half-hearted attempt to compete on the single malt stage with Macallan and Glenfiddich. So half-hearted in fact, that out of the six releases, two were still blends, this and the Glenleven brand from Haig's.
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