Glen Grant 1956 Gordon & MacPhail Refill Sherry Butt - One of 459 - bottled 2005 LMDW Limited Edition

  • 46% |
  • 0.70L

A single cask of Glen Grant distilled in 1956, aged in a sherry cask and bottled in 2005 for La Maison du Whisky by independent bottler Gordon & MacPhail. Gordon & MacPhail was founded in Elgin in 1895 by James Gordon and John Alexander MacPhail. As was often the case at the time, the business start…More info

Description du lot

  • Distillery: Glen Grant
  • Appellation: Single Malt Whisky
  • Country/Region: Scotland Speyside
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • State: 1 very slightly marked label

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Glen Grant 1956 Gordon & MacPhail Refill Sherry Butt - One of 459 - bottled 2005 LMDW Limited Edition

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  • Current Price Estimate

  • €1,430
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Glen Grant 1956 Gordon & MacPhail Refill Sherry Butt - One of 459 - bottled 2005 LMDW Limited Edition

Cuvée presentation

A single cask of Glen Grant distilled in 1956, aged in a sherry cask and bottled in 2005 for La Maison du Whisky by independent bottler Gordon & MacPhail. Gordon & MacPhail was founded in Elgin in 1895 by James Gordon and John Alexander MacPhail. As was often the case at the time, the business started out as a delicatessen and wine merchant. In 1915, John Alexander MacPhail retired and a new partner joined the business, John Urquhart. He was joined by his son George in 1933, a few years after James Gordon died in a car crash. Gordon & MacPhail works with many of Speyside’s leading distilleries, from whom it has accumulated considerable stocks. It is also licensed to bottle whiskies for many of them, including Glen Grant, Linkwood, Mortlach, Macallan and Glenlivet. The business really took off in the 1970s, acquiring distributors in a huge range of countries and selling casks to several Italian bottlers in selections that would become legends in their own right. Gordon & MacPhail is still run by the Urquhart family today, from the same building, and is one of the most iconic bottlers in the industry, with incredible stocks of sometimes very old and rare whiskies. The company is in complete control of the entire maturation process. Gordon & MacPhail has also owned the Benromach distillery since 1993. A limited edition of 459 bottles.

The distillery Glen Grant

Scotland, Speyside. Distillery operational. Owners: Chivas Brothers Ltd, Pernod Ricard

Glen Grant is a textbook case in the history of the Scotch whisky industry. For decades (and still to this day), the distillery's official label was found on both independent bottlings and the distillery's own bottlings. Some of the most active independent bottlers in the 50s and 60s included Gordon & MacPhail, Campbell, Hope & King (which also worked with Macallan for the bottling and distribution of its malt), Cadenhead, Robert Watson and R Moray Bonding. The result is a multitude of available versions, making it an enthralling dram to collect. As Glen Grant was a blender's malt (Chivas Regal, 100 Pipers, etc.), its owners concentrated on a more classic maturation method characterized by bourbon. Gordon & MacPhail for their part decided to specialize in versions aged exclusively in ex-sherry casks. It was a smart move and their vintages casks became highly prized by whisky enthusiasts and collectors across the world.

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Detailed characteristics

  • Distillery: Glen Grant
  • Vintage: 1956
  • Bottler: Gordon & MacPhail
  • Appellation: Single Malt Whisky
  • Country/Region: Scotland Speyside
  • Alcohol percentage: 46 %
  • Volume: 0.70L
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • State: 1 very slightly marked label
  • Case: No
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Color: Brown

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