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Glenfiddich Vintage Reserve Selection Panel 2010. Single Cask Miniature Collection including:
- Glenfiddich 1978. Cask number 28121. One of 12 5cl bottles.
- Glenfiddich 1978. Cask number 28145. One of 12 5cl bottles.
- Glenfiddich 1978. Cask number 28152. One of 12 5cl bottles.
- Glenfiddich 1978. Cask number 28122. One of 12 5cl bottles.
Back in 2010, a highly exclusive miniature collection of whiskies was created for a select group of influential bloggers for a live online tasting on Twitter. This tasting was led by renowned Malt Master, Brian Kingsman.
All the whiskies in the set were distilled on the exact same day: September 25th, 1978, making them all at least 30 years old at the time of the tasting. This provided a fascinating insight into the subtle nuances that develop during maturation, even when starting from the same base spirit.
Even more remarkably, only two sets of this collection are known to exist. One is in the prized collection of Hans-Henrik, and the set we are offering you is the only other known set still in existence. The original sets issued to bloggers back in 2010 are believed to have been consumed during the online tasting, making this a true rarity.
This set includes the original branded notebook and Parker pen.
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 | |
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| £1,700.00 | 19th February 2025 | 20:01 | |
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