





Glen Grant Gordon & MacPhail 72 Year Old, 1948 (1x 70cl)
£8,000 - £12,000
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Region: Speyside, single malt
Fill Level: filled to 70cl
Capsule: good condition
Label: engraved labelling
Packaging: in original presentation case, accompanied with crystal stopper and presentation stand. Also accompanied with outer travel case and packaging
Alcohol content: 52.6% ABV
Notes: Crystal decanter No.71 of 290. Cask #440. Distilled at Glen Grant Distillery in 1958 and bottled in December 2020 by Gordon & MacPhail, Elgin.
Footnotes
This is a hugely complex and rewarding malt whisky by any standards. Obviously, its great age adds value to the experience of tasting it, conjuring images of what the world was like in 1948, but - more important from a connoisseur's perspective - its flavour opens a sensory door into another era, when whisky was different.
The fact that it has retained a high ABV (52.6%) after all these year means that the aroma and taste are till vital and lively. Too often very old whiskies lack vitality, owing to low strength; they become fragile ghosts or their former selves. Not is this case.
I can honestly say this is one of the finest malts it has been my pleasure to taste in forty years of professional exploration. It is outstanding - rarely, if ever, have I been able to write so fulsome a testimonial!
Charles Maclean
Master of the Quaich