Bruichladdich 21 Year Old 1980s / Rinaldi Import

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 and 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.

This is a Whyte & Mackay era bottling of the 21 year old. It was imported to Italy in the later 1980s by Fratelli Rinaldi, who had recently acquired the distribution license from Moon Import.