TIME REMAINING
End Date : Aug 05 2026 08:00 PM
We may have sold this bottle before. Click the graph below to view our sales history.
Glenfiddich 15 Year Old. Bottled late 2000s. 70cl. 40%. In presentation tube.
A classic mid-to-late 2000s bottling of Glenfiddich 15 Year Old. Finished in the distinctive black and bronze packaging used before Glenfiddich's packaging refresh at the turn of the 2010s, this version features the integrated UK duty stamp introduced in 2006, placing it among the later examples of this now-discontinued presentation. By this time, the 15 Year Old had become one of Glenfiddich's flagship expressions, renowned for introducing its innovative Solera maturation process to a global audience.
Matured in a combination of European oak sherry casks, American oak bourbon casks and new oak casks, the whisky is then married together in Glenfiddich's unique Oregon pine Solera Vat, which is never completely emptied, allowing each batch to retain a small proportion of the previous one. This innovative maturation method creates a whisky of impressive depth and consistency.
Glenfiddich distillery was built in 1886 by William Grant and is still owned by his family descendants today. Glenfiddich played a major role in the history of Scotch whisky, as the first distillery to commercialise its own official bottlings of single malt whisky on a major scale in the early 1960s. This move was to shape the industry up to the present day, and Glenfiddich has remained the world’s best-selling single malt whisky.
It’s unlikely William Grant would recognise Glenfiddich today: since the 2020 reconstruction, the distillery now has a remarkable 43 stills making over 20 million litres of alcohol per annum. The core range official bottlings are frequently augmented by small batch limited editions; independent bottlings are almost non-existent. The exceptionally rare 1937 vintage released in 2001 is probably the most sought-after Glenfiddich, though early and/or long-aged vintage expressions also do well at auction.
Distillery bottlings are, as the name suggests, bottled by or for the distillery from which the whisky has originated and are thus often referred to as Official Bottlings or OBs. Distillery bottlings are generally more desirable for collectors and usually fetch higher prices at auction than independent bottlings. They are officially-endorsed versions of the whisky from a particular distillery and are therefore considered the truest expression of the distillery’s character.
This ideal of the distillery character is regarded so seriously by the distilleries and brand owners that casks of whisky that are considered to vary too far from the archetype are frequently sold on to whisky brokers and independent bottlers. When this happens, it is often with the proviso that the distillery’s name is not allowed to be used when the cask is bottled for fear of diminishing or damaging the distillery’s character and status.
| BID | DATE | TIME | |
|---|---|---|---|
| £10.00 | 29th July 2026 | 09:23 PM | |
No Product Found
No Product Found