Bruichladdich 15 Year Old Samaroli's Collection / Mayflower '80

Moon Import was founded by Pepi Mongiardino in 1980. Heeding the advice of the late, great, Silvano Samaroli, he opted to be "free from the big companies," and became the official distributor for Islay's Bruichladdich, and later Tamnavulin and Tullibardine, preferring however to procure casks from private owners. Mongiardino bottled his first whisky in 1982, titled the Half Moon series. Always beautifully labelled, Pepi is acclaimed for designing the packaging for Moon Import bottles himself, often using images found in old books. These iconic designs, coupled with the quality of the liquid saw Moon Import steadily grow in popularity, and with the help of Intertrade founder, Nadi Fiori, they exported their first bottles to Japan in 2001.

This was an official bottling for Silvano Samaroli. As the official Bruichladdich distributor in the early 1980s, this was imported to Italy for Samaroli by his friend, Mongiardino. Moon Import sold Bruichladdich for 5 years before selling the contract to Rinaldi.

This is a 15 year old in a stoneware decanter depicting the Mayflower departing Plymouth in 1620, sails set for "The New World."

This decanter was bottled in 1980 to celebrate the 360th anniversary of the event. This is the only decanter that Silvano Samaroli ever bottled. A real rarity.

One of only 1,000 bottles.