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20th September 2012 |
Last remaining Gordon
& MacPhail Generations Glenlivet 70 year
old goes on sale.
 I
arrived home this evening to find a
package from Gordon & MacPhail and
that package contained no less than a
sample of the worlds oldest (well joint
oldest) and most
exclusive single malt Scotch whisky,
Gordon & MacPhail Generations Glenlivet
70 year old.
This was initially released following an
exclusive event at Edinburgh Castle in March
2011, the release was met with
international acclaim from whisky
enthusiasts and the world press. All 100
large decanters sold quickly to
customers worldwide.
So why have the the good folks a G&M
sent me a sample to review more than 1
year later, well not all of the
Glenlivet 70 year old whisky was
released last year, the folks at Gordon
& MacPhail held back 100 bottles and
these last remaining bottles of the
world’s oldest and most exclusive single
malt Scotch whiskies is set to go on
sale at a special event in Canada today
Thursday 20th September.
Gordon & MacPhail will release the
last 100 bottles of its Glenlivet 70
Years Old at the opening of the new
World Duty Free at Vancouver
International Airport.
This second, and final, release from
this cask is expected to create similar
excitement as it offers one last chance
for collectors and consumers to own a
piece of Scotland’s liquid history. The
product will be exclusively available at
Vancouver International Airport until it
is released to the rest of the world on
1 November 2012.
Michael Urquhart, Joint Managing
Director of Gordon & MacPhail, said:
"We have been overwhelmed by the
international interest for our
Generations range. It’s fitting that
we’re able to mark the worldwide demand
and appeal of Scotch malt whiskies with
the second release of this sublime
single malt at Vancouver International
Airport, a gateway between the Far East,
North America and Europe."
Cask 339 was filled at Glenlivet
Distillery on 3rd February 1940, to the
instruction of John Urquhart,
grandfather and great-grandfather of
Gordon & MacPhail’s current owners.
Successive generations of the Urquhart
family waited for the day when it would
be ready to share with fellow whisky
enthusiasts. 70 years on, the whisky was
bottled at cask strength (45.9%).
Each bottle is beautifully presented in
a tear-shaped hand-blown crystal
decanter with an elegant British
Hallmarked silver stopper. The decanter
nestles in a Sterling silver base and is
framed in a handmade box, crafted in
Scotland using Scottish Yew.
Gordon & MacPhail Generations Glenlivet
70 Years Old was matured in a First Fill
Sherry Butt, and bottled at cask
strength (45.9% ABV). The decanter has a
recommended retail price in the of
$35,888 CAD. It is the second in a
series of extremely rare malt whiskies
to be released by Gordon & MacPhail
under its Generations brand. In 2010 the
family owned firm made history as it
released Generations Mortlach 70 Years
Old, in Scotland’s capital city, at
Edinburgh Castle.
Prices may vary in different countries
due to different excise and sales taxes
and currency fluctuations.
If you are not heading to Vancouver
airport don't worry The Whisky Exchange
currently have some Glenlivet
Generations 70 year old available, see
HERE.
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Glenlivet 70 Year Old Tasting Notes
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William
Morrison's Tasting Notes:
Nose: At first, orange and some
ginger with a generous coating of
beeswax. Then a vanilla sweetness,
little bit of spice and just the
slightest touch of smoke.
Taste: Smooth in the mouth, zesty orange,
some sultanas, toffee, a fascinating
delicate spiciness always in the
background and just the very slightest
touch of smoke.
Finish: Lovely, long and
lingering. Citrus, slowly drying oak and
coffee completes this sensational
tasting experience.
Comments: Incredible, this whisky
has truly defied the laws of nature or I
should say the laws of maturing in an
oak cask, at no point has the oak taken
over and it was bottled at 45.9%. It has
obviously spent its 70 years maturing in
the highest quality cask. I must have
nosed this for 20 minutes before tasting
and the palate just confirmed the
incredible nose. This is one whisky I
wont forget, it truly is a piece of
Scotland's whisky history, incredible.
Damn, I want a whole bottle now.
SMW Score 96/100
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