Glen Grant 1965-2009 - 44 Year Old - Gordon & Macphail - Single Cask 3955

INFORMATION

Glen Grant 1965 - 2009. 44 Year Old. Bottled by Gordon & MacPhail and given to staff on the occasion of being granted the Queen's Award For Enterprise. Cask number 3955. Matured a First Fill Sherry Cask. 70cl. 45%.

Another of Gordon & MacPhail’s spectacular long-aged Glen Grant vintage single casks, this edition was distilled in 1965 and bottled as a 44-year-old in 2009 to celebrate the company winning the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade. Cask 3955 was a first fill sherry cask bottled at 45% and was available only to G&M staff, making it highly sought after nowadays.

DISTILLERY:Glen Grant

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:45%

Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml

BOTTLER:Gordon & MacPhail

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

LIMITED EDITION:yes

CASK NUMBER:3955

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Speyside

DISTILLED YEAR:1965

BOTTLING DATE::2009

AGE:44

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.