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Highland Park 1970 - Gordon & MacPhail - Centenary Reserve 1895-1995

LOT ID: 0723-334

End Date : Sep 13 2023 08:00 PM

Quick Links: 40-46%, 70cl, Gordon & MacPhail, 1990s, Limited Edition, Independent Bottler, Single Malt, Island, 20-30 Year Old, Scotch Whisky, Highland Park, Centenary Reserve 1895-1995,

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LOT DESCRIPTION

Highland Park 1970 - 1995. Bottled by Gordon & MacPhail to celebrate their centenary 1895-1995. 70cl. 40%. In presentation box.

One of a series of eight superb Centenary Bottlings released by Gordon & MacPhail in 1995 to celebrate the company’s first century in business. The eldest of these whiskies was distilled in 1948 while the youngest dates from 1984, and while all of these special editions are highly collectable, several of them have passed into legend and are now extremely highly sought-after, with the Caol Ila 1966 and the Glenburgie 1948 rated amongst the greatest bottlings from their respective distilleries.

CONDITION

Stained label.

FILLING LEVEL

Into Neck

Distillery: Highland Park

Distillery Status: Working

Bottler: Gordon & MacPhail

Region: Island

Distilled Year: 1970

Bottling Year: 1995

Limited Edition: yes

Category: Single Malt

Country: Scotland

Bottle Size: 70cl / 700ml

ABV: 40%

One of Scotland’s greatest distilleries, Highland Park on the Orkney archipelago has a long and storied history. The distillery in Kirkwall was founded in the 18th century by either David Robertson or Magnus Eunson, the latter of whom was a famous smuggler churchman who hid casks of his whisky from customs men by stashing them under his pulpit. Highland Park distillery has been owned by the Edrington Group since 1999 and is famed for its lightly smoky character from its own peated floor-maltings, which make up around 20% of the barley used for distillation.

Official bottlings of Highland Park began around the end of the 1970s, marking the beginning of a remarkable run of core bottlings, with the famous slope-shouldered 12-year-old and 18-year-old OBs from the 1980s now highly sought after at auction, as are the 1990s editions of the official 25-year-old. Independent bottlings of Highland Park are rare.

Founded in Elgin as a merchant grocer and wine and spirits wholesaler in 1895, Gordon & MacPhail are one of the oldest independent whisky bottlers in Scotland. Co-founder James Gordon owned shares in Longmorn, Strathisla and Glen Grant, and Gordon & MacPhail were soon bottling officially licensed single malts from several distilleries and sending empty casks from their wine business to be filled with new make spirit and returned for maturation in their Elgin warehouses.

Gordon & MacPhail pioneered high strength single malts at 100 proof (57%) in the 1950s, and in 1968 the company launched Connoisseurs Choice, one of the first integrated ranges of small batch independent whisky bottlings. After finally becoming distillers themselves with the purchase of Benromach in 1993, in 2010 Gordon & MacPhail bottled the first 70-year-old single malt whisky (a Mortlach 1938) and in 2020 the company released the first ever 80-year-old whisky: Glenlivet 1940.

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