Glen Keith 1972 Samaroli Very Limited Edition / Cream Labels - Signed by Silvano Samaroli

Glen Keith was built by Canadian drinks giant, Seagram, in the late 1950s to supply malt for their Chivas, 100 Pipers and Passport blends. The distillery was an experimental facility, with a range of different stills, trialling different mash and yeast types, and methods of peat smoking. One of the peated variants it produced was the rare Glenisla. Seagram collapsed in the early 2000s, and Glen Keith was perhaps an early indication of its ill-fate, closing in 1999. It was re-opened in 2013 by Chivas Brothers, who continue its experimental traditions by housing their lab there. Despite its importance to Seagram blends, Glen Keith was always deemed worthy of bottling as a single malt, both by the distillery and by independent companies.

This Glen Keith was distilled in 1972 and matured in single cask #7905. It was bottled in 1998 by Samaroli as part of a series of Very Limited Editions, which also included a Bowmore and Port Ellen. This is also sometimes categorised as part of a group of bottles known as the Cream Labels for their simplistic label designs.

Samaroli is perhaps Italy's most revered independent bottler of Scotch whisky. With an impeccable taste in single cask whiskies, and an eye for aesthetics (if not English spelling at times!), he is regarded by many as a visionary. Many of his bottles now occupy deserved spots on the pantheon of whisky greats.

This particular bottle has been signed by Silvano Samaroli himself.

One of 318 bottles.