Aberlour 8 Year Old 1970s / Rinaldi Import

Aberlour is a picturesque Speyside distillery, built in 1879 by James Fleming after the original distillery of the same name was lost in a fire. It became the first distillery in the S. Campbell & Son portfolio when they acquired it in 1945, and produced fillings for their popular Clan Campell and White Heather blends. Production capacity was increased to meet rising demand for its spirit in 1973, and the following year the company was bought over by Pernod-Ricard who operated it under the Campbell Distillers before merging it with Chivas Brothers, which they acquired from Seagram in 2001. The reverence for the sherry-casked A'Bunadh, launched in 1997, has greatly boosted the popularity of the distillery, and its output from all eras is increasingly sought after.

When the distillery expanded its production in 1973, and the Pernod-Ricard take-over that followed the year after that saw more impetus on distillery bottlings of its single malt. These young sub-10 year old age statements for the Italian market in the 1970s are incredibly rare.