Gordon & MacPhail has released a 70-year-old Glen Grant \u2013 the \u2018oldest\u2019\u00a0whisky from the Speyside distillery ever bottled.<\/p>\n
The expression, distilled in 1948 \u2013\u00a0six years before barley rationing restrictions were lifted following WWII, has been released as part of the independent bottler\u2019s Private Collection with a price tag of \u00a317,500.<\/p>\n
Matured in Cask #2154, a first-fill Sherry butt filled on 11 June 1948, the whisky is said to have notes of \u2018dried fruit, orange zest and cracked black pepper\u2019 with a \u2018charred oak finish\u2019.<\/p>\n
Bottled at 48.6% abv, just 210 hand-blown crystal decanters have been produced.<\/p>\n
Stephen Rankin, director of prestige at\u00a0Gordon & MacPhail, and a fourth generation member of the Urquhart family, said: \u2018Four generations of my family have carefully nurtured Cask 2154 over its 70 years to produce this unique whisky.<\/p>\n
\u2018My great-grandfather, John, selected the first-fill Sherry butt in 1948 to fill with new make spirit from\u00a0Glen Grant.<\/p>\n
\u2018My family has patiently watched over this cask, regularly monitoring and sampling the whisky, recognising the right moment to bottle it at its ultimate peak.<\/p>\n
\u2018This masterpiece epitomises the skill and craft involved in matching a cask to new make spirit, as well as our dedication to creating unique and intriguing whiskies.\u2019<\/p>\n
Gordon & MacPhail\u2019s 1948 Glen Grant single malt is available to purchase from specialist retailers worldwide.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Gordon & MacPhail has released a 70-year-old Glen Grant \u2013 the \u2018oldest\u2019\u00a0whisky from the Speyside distillery ever bottled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":39507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2597,1,7099,7097],"tags":[69,1233,49,103],"class_list":["post-39505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-best-selling-brands-in-duty-free","category-latest-news","category-spirits","category-wines-spirits","tag-duty-free","tag-glen-grant","tag-scotch","tag-whisky"],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}