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VAT 69 0,7L

Name: VAT 69 0,7L
SKU: VAT 1756
Price: 66.00 PLN
Availability: InStock

Alcohol percentage: 40%

66 zł

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VAT 69 is a blended Scotch whisky from a brand now owned by the Diageo group, built from malt and grain whiskies. The brand was created in Leith by blender William Sanderson, who in 1882 prepared around one hundred separate blends in small casks and invited a panel of experts to choose their favourite – all of them pointed to sample number 69. The number of the cask, or "vat", was "69", and so the whisky was named "Vat 69" on the spot.

The brand's roots go back to its founder's earlier ventures. William Sanderson (1839–1908) was apprenticed to a wine and spirits merchant in Leith at just 13 years of age, and by 1863 he was running his own business, selling cordials, liqueurs and blended whiskies. To secure a steady supply of malt whisky, in 1884 Sanderson acquired the Glen Garioch distillery in Aberdeenshire, and in 1885, together with other blenders, he founded the North British distillery, producing grain whisky. In 1937 the firm Sanderson & Son became part of The Distillers Company, later taken over by Diageo.

The bottle contains whisky at 40% ABV. The modern recipe combines 40 malt and grain whiskies, and the brand carries no age statement. The whisky was originally bottled in port bottles, and the distinctive packaging sold in India to this day is based on that original shape. The cap bears the words "Sans Dieu Rien", which translates as "Without God, nothing".

In the aroma profile, the nose reveals notes of sweet barley malt, cereals, caramel, pears and spices. Barley malt and pear carry over onto the palate, where the fruity sweetness and a light biscuity note are accompanied by peppery spice; the structure is gentle and rounded with pleasant sweetness, while the finish brings spicy oak growing ever more woody, with a lingering touch of caramel.

The brand has also left its mark on history and culture. In 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton took supplies of Vat 69 on his Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition, declaring it was for medicinal and celebratory purposes. It became one of the most popular whiskies in America after the end of Prohibition in 1933, and in the United States it is perhaps best known as the favourite drink of Captain Lewis Nixon in the series "Band of Brothers".