Bruichladdich 1972 Valinch 'The Re-opening of the Distillery'

Like its island neighbour Bunnahabhain distillery, Bruichladdich has traditionally been an un-peated single malt, mostly owing to its requirements by the blenders who owned it. The last of these was Whyte & Mackay, who eventually shut it down in 1995, deeming it surplus to requirements. They sold the distillery to Murray McDavid in 2001, who launched the peated Port Charlotte and heavily-peated Octomore single malts in 2006 and 2008. A recommissioned Lomond still also now produces the popular Botanist gin there.

The Valinch bottlings are 50cl single cask releases, available exclusively from the distillery. More recent versions have also been hand-filled by distillery visitors.

Distilled in 1972 and bottled on the 8th of May 2002 by hand, signed by Jim McEwan, bottled from bourbon cask #9 in "continuation of the celebration of the re-opening of Bruichladdich distillery" in 2002.

One of 250 bottles.