Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Samaroli is an Italian independent bottler, famed for the exceptional quality of their releases and for their arty, innovative labels and packaging. This is a legendary young Ardbeg matured in sherry casks and bottled at full strength in the early 1980s.

A very rare bottling of Bowmore 1973 presented to guests at a banquet held in 2001 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the original Stanley Morrison company.

A very rare sherry cask Bowmore from 1962 (just a couple of years before the famous Black Bowmore's were distilled), this was bottled by the Italian company Moon Imports in 1990.

An single cask independent release of Laphroaig bottled in 1994 for Signatory. It was distilled in 1967, the same year that the distillery was sold to Long John International, and bottled at cask strength.

A very special Bowmore from a hogshead filled on August 9th 1980, the day that Queen Elizabeth II visited the distillery. Cask #5774 was acquired by Jim Howat, then Chairman of Morrison Bowmore and was left in his will to the JTH Charitable Trust he created with his wife Christine. Designed and bottled in 2011 by Morrison Bowmore as a special limited edition for the charitable trust yielding 156 bottles at a natural strength of 46.7%.

Part of the first bottlings for the Ardbeg Committee in 2000, this single cask is from a 1976 batch of sherry casks that took Ardbeg's reputation into the stratosphere.

An sherry butt of Ardbeg from the legendary 1976 batch, this rare Ardbeg was bottled for the Feis Ile in 2004.

Bottled from a sherry butt for the Japanese market in 2002, this cask-strength dram is from the 1976 batch of sherry casks that took Ardbeg's reputation into the stratosphere.

A very special bottle of 1967 vintage whisky from Ardbeg distillery. This whisky has been matured for 30 years in an Oloroso sherry cask, giving it a beautifully dark colour.

A very special bottle of Ardbeg whisky. Distilled in 1967 and matured in a sherry cask for 30 years. This single cask release was limited to just 536 bottles when it was released 1997 and there are sure to be far fewer bottles in circulation now.

A Hart Brothers bottling of Bowmore distilled in 1966, one of the legendary years of production for the distillery. It was bottled 34 years later at a cask strength of 42.6%.

The first ever version of the now hugely popular Port Ellen Annual Releases. Distilled in 1979 and bottled at cask strength after 22 years of maturation. Port Ellen distillery closed in 1983 and is considered to be one of the most prestigous distilleries in history.

A stunning old Ardbeg bottled by Signatory in March 1997. This whisky has was distilled in 1967 and has been matured for 30 years in an Oloroso Sherry butt. Limited to just 580 bottles, this is a real collectors piece.

An old cask-strength Ardbeg 1974 bottled from a single bourbon cask for the French market in 2006.

An ex-oloroso sherry cask of Ardbeg from 1975, this rare Ardbeg was bottled for the Feis Ile in 2005.

A long awaited 40 year old whisky from Bunnahabhain, a bit hit at The Whisky Show 2012. It's limited to just 750 hand numbered bottles and features an intricately designed label showing off the history of the distillery that's signed by the illustrator. The tube is made from heavy wood and features a hidden compartment in the bottom...

A 1966 vintage Bowmore bottled in the 1980s by the distillery with a replica of their old label.

Awesome, ludicrously rare vintage label bottling (from the 1980s) of long-aged Bowmore.

A very, very rare Ardbeg from Gordon & Macphail's Connoisseurs Choice series. This was bottled over 15 years ago in 1995 and distilled nearly five decades ago back in 1964 when the distillery was still very old-fashioned, using direct fired stills and its own floor maltings. A slice of history.