Glen Grant 1955-2005 - Gordon & MacPhail

INFORMATION

Glen Grant 1955 - 2005. Bottled by Gordon & MacPhail. 70cl. 40%.

One of several top class old vintage Glen Grants in this month’s auction, this was distilled in 1955 and bottled by Gordon & MacPhail fifty years later in 2005. G&M had begun bottling 1955 Glen Grants a few years earlier in 2001 and, remarkably, must still have some casks - they bottled a 67-year-old Glen Grant 1955 as recently as 2022.

DISTILLERY:Glen Grant

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:40%

Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml

BOTTLER:Gordon & MacPhail

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Speyside

DISTILLED YEAR:1955

BOTTLING DATE::2005

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.