Glen Grant 15 Year Old - Gordon & MacPhail - Early 1960s - 100 Proof

INFORMATION

Glen Grant 15 Year Old. Bottled by Gordon & MacPhail. Bottled early 1960s. 26 2/3 Fl Ozs. 100 Proof.

A splendid old Glen Grant 15-year-old bottled under licence by Gordon & MacPhail at 100 Imperial proof (57.1%). The G&M bottlings of Glen Grant from this era are spectacular drams - the company’s founder John Gordon had owned shares in Glen Grant and his successor John Urquhart stockpiled a lot of new make spirit in the years before WWII, meaning G&M had mature stock ready for market in the post-war recovery. This will be a brilliant whisky.

DISTILLERY:Glen Grant

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:100 Proof

Bottle SIZE:26 2/3 Fl Ozs

BOTTLER:Gordon & MacPhail

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Speyside

BOTTLING DATE::Early 1960s

AGE:15

Founded in 1840, Glen Grant is one of Speyside’s largest and greatest distilleries. The distillery became part of Seagram’s Chivas Brothers group in the 1970s, and was subsequently acquired in 2001 by Pernod Ricard, who sold Glen Grant to Campari in 2006. 

Glen Grant’s association with Italy goes back much further, however. Gordon & MacPhail were already licensed bottlers of Glen Grant in the 1960s when the two companies began a highly beneficial relationship with Italian hotelier and importer Armando Giovinetti which led directly to Glen Grant’s ongoing dominance of the Italian single malt market.

Glen Grant’s spirit is particularly well-suited to very long ageing in both bourbon and sherry casks, making it the perfect fit for Gordon & MacPhail who released a 72-year-old Glen Grant in 2020 and whose semi-official licensed bottlings of Glen Grant are legendary. Indie Glen Grants are abundant and are generally excellent value.