Glen Grant 1976-2009 - 32 Year Old - Douglas Laing - Old Malt Cask - Single Cask 5034

INFORMATION

Glen Grant 1976 - 2009. 32 Year Old. Bottled by Douglas Laing for their Old Malt Cask series. Cask number HL5034. One of 266 bottles matured in a Sherry Butt. 700ml. 50%.

A single cask Glen Grant 1976 bottled in 2009 as a 32-year-old without colouring or chill filtration by Douglas Laing for the Old Malt Cask range. Cask 5034 was a single sherry butt that yielded 266 bottles at the Old Malt Cask standard strength of 50%. 1976 is a relatively rare vintage for Glen Grant but the casks we’ve tried have all been exceptional and this chewy, plummy, raisiny dram is a fantastic example.

DISTILLERY:Glen Grant

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:50%

Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml

Bottle PRODUCED:266

BOTTLER:Douglas Laing

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

LIMITED EDITION:yes

CASK NUMBER:HL5034

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Speyside

DISTILLED YEAR:1976

BOTTLING DATE::2009

AGE:32

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.