Gordon & Macphail Glenlivet 1946 - 70cl
Gordon & MacPhail, founded in Elgin in 1895, is one of the world's oldest and most respected independent bottlers — identifying exceptional casks and nurturing them over decades in their own Elgin warehouses across 125+ years of continuous family ownership. The G&M Glenlivet 1946 is among the most historically significant bottles in the world of Scotch whisky — distilled in 1946 and resting in G&M's Elgin warehouses for over seventy years before bottling. Pre-war Speyside spirit of extraordinary rarity. Available in Singapore from The Liquid Collection — contact for availability.
TASTING NOTES
NOSE
Sparkling and surprisingly vibrant for its age with fresh summer fruit, citrus, green apple, and cantaloupe at the fore, layered with sweet vanilla, a beautiful aged Cognac note, waxed fruit, pineapple juice, and a delicate dusty bookshelf quality that speaks eloquently to decades of quiet maturation in G&M's Elgin warehouses.
PALATE
Fruity, sweet, and gently complex with red apple, sultanas, green apple, and a soft sherry character, underpinned by a light vegetal note, old seal wax, dry oak tannins, warming spice, and hints of honey — remarkable vitality and fruit-forward elegance for a whisky of such extraordinary age.
FINISH
Long, honeyed, and gently woody with a drying, tannic oak note, dried fruit, warming winter spice, and a subtle tang of aged oak — a finish of exceptional length and quiet, dignified character that lingers as a testament to over four decades of patient Speyside maturation.
ABV: 40% ABV