Mortlach 1939 75 Year Old G&M Generations & Sample Presentation Set
Lot number: 064-4208
Winning bid: £17,500
The oldest single malt whisky ever bottled. This incredible whisky was nurtured and cared for over 75 years by whisky legends Gordon & MacPhail. Cask number 2475 was filled on the 17th of November 1939 on the instructions of John Urquhart, who was the first member of the family to be involved in Gordon & MacPhail.
Four generations of the Urquhart family watched over the cask until it was finally bottled in 100 individual, handmade Glencairn crystal decanters. The decanters have 75 hand-carved grooves in them representing the 75 years the whisky spent in this one of a kind cask.
The decanter sits on a white presentation plinth and has two specially-designed crystal glasses with which to enjoy your dram. The decanter comes in an airline leather travel bag and is accompanied by a specially-commissioned book by Charles Maclean and Alexander McCall Smith.
This lot includes a sample box containing a 1cl dram of the precious liquid and another glass to enjoy it from.
Distilled: 17.11.1939
Bottled: 2015
Age: 75 years old
Cask Type: First Fill Sherry Butt
Cask Number: 2475
44.4% ABV / 70cl & 1cl
Bottle Number: 60 / 100
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