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Glenlivet 15 Year Old Gordon and MacPhail 80 Proof 1970s

Lot: 5139006

Glenlivet 15 Year Old Gordon and MacPhail 80 Proof 1970s

Winning Bid: £470

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Glenlivet
Age: 
15 Year Old
Region: 
Speyside
Bottler: 
Gordon and MacPhail
Bottled Strength: 
80 Proof
Bottle Size: 
26 2/3 Fl.ozs
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Glenlivet 15 Year Old Gordon and MacPhail 80 Proof 1970s

A lovely old bottling of Glenlivet 15 year old by Gordon and MacPhail, under the George & J.G.Smith's labelling.

Well-known as the oldest licensed distillery in Scotland, for many years ‘Glenlivet’ was a byword for quality, with many single malts using the Glenlivet suffix in an attempt to reap the benefits of associating themselves with the Banffshire distillery. Indeed, owners Pernod-Ricard now put a heavy focus on the brand being ‘The Glenlivet’, encouraging their consumers not to accept any imitations. Glenlivet is in a long-running battle with Glenfiddich for the title of best-selling single malt, with both now selling over a million cases a year. George Smith secured a license to legally distil at Glenlivet in 1824, and it remained family-run until 1978 when Seagram bought a controlling stake in what had by then become The Glenlivet Distilleries Ltd, and counting assets such as Glen Grant, Benriach and Longmorn among its portfolio. When Seagram collapsed in 2001, Pernod-Ricard acquired its sizeable Chivas Brothers Scotch whisky division, with Glenlivet the crown jewel in an empire rivalled only by Diageo.

Gordon & MacPhail were granted a license to officially bottle Glenlivet single malt in the 1970s and 1980s. This long-standing relationship with the distillery has since furnished the Elgin-based independent firm with a steady supply of high-quality casks, and subsequently, high-quality releases.

 

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