Glenlivet 1959-1990 - 31 Year Old - Duthies - Sherry Cask

INFORMATION

Glenlivet 1959 - 1990. 31 Year Old. Bottled by R.W. Duthies. Matured in a Sherry Cask. 75cl. 46%.

Independent bottlings of old Glenlivet are only slightly more common than rocking horse shit, so it’s a pleasure to have this top class 1959 vintage sherry cask up for grabs in our whisky auction. This spectacular dram from Cadenhead’s Duthie subsidiary is also distinguished by having a mistake on the label, stating that it was distilled in November 1959 and bottled in October 1990, which would make it only 30 years old.

DISTILLERY:Glenlivet

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:46%

Bottle SIZE:75cl / 750ml

BOTTLER:Duthies

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Speyside

DISTILLED YEAR:1959

BOTTLING DATE::1990

AGE:31

One of Scotland’s iconic distilleries, Glenlivet is currently the joint largest single malt whisky distillery in Scotland at 21m litres per annum. The distillery was expanded in 2010, raising the number of stills to fourteen, before the construction of a third stillhouse in 2018 brought the total number of stills to 28. Having achieved production parity with Glenfiddich, Glenlivet is now catching their rival in sales terms as well and may soon become the biggest-selling single malt whisky in the world. 

Glenlivet has rarely been independently bottled, but the official releases are sufficiently plentiful and diverse that this isn’t an issue. Glenlivet ages well in both bourbon and sherry casks, and a raft of official releases at various strengths, ages and cask types are available to satisfy the pickiest whisky buyers. At auction the old 1950s and 1960s vintages bottled for the Cellar Collection are always worth looking out for.