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Mortlach 1939 75 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail Generations

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Lot number: 096-10503

Winning bid: £17,000

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.

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: 97 / 100

Please note minor tarnish to silver items.

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