Time Remaining
Bidding Starts
Glen Grant 1948 72 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail Single Malt 70cl
Lot Id: 640055
Please note: If bid is placed on this item within the last 15 minutes of the auction, the timer will be extended by 15 minutes.
Region
Description
Glen Grant 1948 72 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail Single Malt 70cl.
This expression from Speyside`s Glen Grant Distillery was pronounced winner of Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2022 Single Cask of the Year and the Scotch Single Malt of the Year 2022. Laid down in 1948 in a single 1st Fill Sherry Butt #440 before being bottled by Gordon McPhail in a Limited Release of only 290 bottles at 52.6%ABV.
This unique and historical whisky is presented in a Dartington crystal decanter complete with crystal stopper and plinth and is housed in an American Black Walnut display case, with unique outer trunk.
Noted by Charles Maclean MBE, Master of the Quaich: "I can honestly say this is one of the finest malts it has been my pleasure to taste in over forty years of professional exploration. It is outstanding - rarely, if ever, have I been able to write so fulsome a testimonial!"
-
Distillery:
- Distillery Status: Operational
- Bottler: Gordon & MacPhail
- Country: Scotland
- Region: Speyside
- Size: 70cl
- Type: Single Malt Whisky
- Age: 72 Years Old
- Number of Bottles: 1
- Strength (%): 52.6
- Bottle No: 285 of 290
- Cask Finish: First Fill American Oak Sherry Butt
- Cask No: #440
- Fill Level: Low
- Shipping Weight: 4.00 KG
Prior to any bid being placed on a lot, close up visual inspection is to be carried out. If you are unsure in any way about the condition of the said lot, click “ask a question” above. More in-depth descriptions and additional photos can be taken upon request. Otherwise, lots are sold as seen and described. The bidder understands that once you have bid, you are stating you understand this and that the checks stated above have been carried out and you are happy with the lot's condition.
Shipping insurance is added at 3% of the hammer price as standard. If the lot is not insured, no claim can be lodged against leakage or damage in transit due to the varying age of bottles and the condition of bottle seals.
