Glenlivet 1963-1984 - 21 Year Old - Chairman Reserve

INFORMATION

Glenlivet 1963 - 1984. 21 Year Old. Chairman's Reserve. 75cl. 43%.

An early prestige bottling from Glenlivet, this Glenlivet 1963 21-year-old was bottled in 1984 from a small batch of extra special hand-picked casks laid aside originally for the personal enjoyment of the company chairman. A particularly hard to find bottle nowadays, this is a fine example of one of the greatest official Glenlivets ever bottled.

DISTILLERY:Glenlivet

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:43%

Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml

BOTTLER:Distillery Bottling

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

LIMITED EDITION:yes

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Speyside

DISTILLED YEAR:1963

BOTTLING DATE::1984

AGE:21

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.