Gordon & MacPhail - Glenlivet 1954 - Private Collection

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Gordon & MacPhail - Glenlivet 1954 - Private Collection

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29/08/2023

  • Lot Type: Full Size
  • Distillery: Glenlivet
  • Bottler: Gordon & Macphail
  • Country: Scotland
  • Region: Speyside
  • Type: Single Malt Whisky
  • Size: 70cl
  • Strength (%): 41.0%
  • No. of Bottles Released: 222
  • Cask No: 1412
  • Cask Type: Refill Sherry Butt
  • Distillery Status: Operational
  • Shipping Weight: 4.00 KG
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Gordon & MacPhail - Glenlivet 1954 - Private Collection

Well-known as the oldest licensed distillery in Scotland, for many years ‘Glenlivet’ was a byword for quality, with many single malts using the Glenlivet suffix in an attempt to reap the benefits of associating themselves with the Banffshire distillery. Indeed, owners Pernod-Ricard now put a heavy focus on the brand being ‘The Glenlivet’, encouraging their consumers not to accept any imitations. Glenlivet is in a long-running battle with Glenfiddich for the title of best-selling single malt, with both now selling over a million cases a year. George Smith secured a license to legally distil at Glenlivet in 1824, and it remained family-run until 1978 when Seagram bought a controlling stake in what had by then become The Glenlivet Distilleries Ltd, and counting assets such as Glen Grant, Benriach and Longmorn among its portfolio. When Seagram collapsed in 2001, Pernod-Ricard acquired its sizeable Chivas Brothers Scotch whisky division, with Glenlivet the crown jewel in an empire rivalled only by Diageo.

Gordon & MacPhail were granted a license to officially bottle Glenlivet single malt in the 1970s and 1980s. This long-standing relationship with the distillery has since furnished the Elgin-based independent firm with a steady supply of high-quality casks, and subsequently, high-quality releases.

Bottled in 2018, this is part of the Private Collection range. As of that year, this line replaced the Rare Old series as its most premium offerings, and come exceptionally presented in decadent glass bottles

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