LOT ID: 0724-380
End Date : Sep 11 2024 08:42 PM
Macallan-Glenlivet 15 Year Old. Liqueur Whisky. Bottled by Gordon & MacPhail in the early 1970s. 100 Proof. No box.
One of the best of the many youthful Macallan-Glenlivet single malts bottled under licence by Gordon & MacPhail in the latter half of last century. This Macallan-Glenlivet 15-year-old dates from the early 1970s, so was most likely distilled around the mid-to-late 1950s, and was released at 100 Imperial proof (57.15%) in G&M’s charming screen-printed thistle bottle. A stunning cask strength sherried Speyside dram of crystal-clear intensity, with gorgeous rich fruitcake flavours, patisserie spices and a thread of smoke.
FILLING LEVEL
High Neck
The grandest of Speyside’s blue chip distilleries, Macallan was founded in 1824 and carved a reputation for luxury single malt whisky in the 1980s with string of 18-year-old and 25-year-old sherry-matured vintage single malts distilled in the 1960s and 1970s, building on the renown of earlier highly-regarded licensed bottlings by Gordon & MacPhail and Campbell, Hope and King.
In the early 2000s, as the supply and quality of even the best sherry casks declined dramatically, Macallan introduced their Fine Oak series, an initially controversial range of bottlings that included bourbon-matured spirit in the cask recipe. While the Fine Oak series took some time to find its audience, Macallan’s status as the top Speyside distillery - particularly at auction - was already well-established and today a legion of eager Macallan fans ensure that each new luxury bottling from the distillery sells out immediately on release.
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.
BID | DATE | TIME | |
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£7,000.00 | 11th September 2024 | 20:32 | |