Comments on: Gordon & MacPhail introduces world’s oldest whisky

By: 70-year old bottle of Gordon and McPhail malt disappears : Megaking

70-year old bottle of Gordon and McPhail malt disappears : Megaking — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:12:01 +0000

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By: One bottle of 1937 Glenfiddich to be auctioned | What Does John Know?

One bottle of 1937 Glenfiddich to be auctioned | What Does John Know? — Thu, 13 May 2010 13:46:59 +0000

[...] squirreled away some older whisky, which are now being released. This one’s not as old as Gordon & MacPhail’s 70 year old Mortlach, but it’s not too far behind. Details below in the press [...]

By: Justin

Justin — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:12:43 +0000

Two and a half times as old as some of us as well. Yup, I’m a youngin’. The Dell has spoiled me so far, but I doubt I’ll ever see this.

By: Graham Watson

Graham Watson — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:38:55 +0000

Once again Gordon & MacPhail have wowed the whisky world with another bottling from their treasure trove of very old casks. If this one is on a par with the 65 year old Macallan which we have here on the gantry in The Grill, Aberdeen, then you are not going to be disappointed. The Macallan, which was also filled into cask in 1938, is described by Jim Murray as a “nature-defying whisky”.

By: O whisky mais velho do mundo está à venda « Receitas da Sônia

O whisky mais velho do mundo está à venda « Receitas da Sônia — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:03:54 +0000

[...] Por “apenas” R$ 26 mil você pode adquirir uma garrafa com um litro do Mortlach Speyside, o whisky de malte mais velho do mundo. A bebida, colocada à venda na Escócia, foi depositada em um barril feito de carvalho espanhol no dia 15 de outubro de 1938, por ordem de John Urquhart, avô dos diretores da firma Gordon & MacPhail’s Generations. [...]

By: John Hansell

John Hansell — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:04:06 +0000

I can’t wait that long.

By: Neil Fusillo

Neil Fusillo — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:23:34 +0000

I, for one, think the price is a steal. I mean sure, it’s more than I could ever spend on whisky…. but it’s so amazingly, impossibly, and astonishingly rare, it’s no longer JUST whisky. One doesn’t just grab a bottle of 70 year old whisky off the shelf and down it in an evening while watching the tele. This is 70 years of patience and perseverance, watching the cask in the cellar and thinking, “Is it time yet? Is it time yet? How about now? Maybe today?” This is world wars and coronations and presidents long past and forgotten. This is moon landings and communist revolutions and the birth and death of countries great and small. This is history. This is legend.

You can’t look at a trip back in time like this and balk at a 2500 quid price. This is not a ‘sign of inflated whisky pricing.’ I don’t think we’ll see 70 year old whiskies popping up more often at the local shops. This is an opportunity that comes maybe once in a lifetime if you’re LUCKY.

By: Michael Urquhart

Michael Urquhart — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:17:35 +0000

Thank you all for all your kind comments.

For Tim M the G&M Generations from Mortlach was bottled at cask strength of 46.1% and don’t worry we’ll keep on bottling a wide range of whiskies, both in distillery of origin and age. Its what we do best!

Michael

By: I_SPEY

I_SPEY — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:13:09 +0000

Bull’s eye TH, I realy couldn’t have said this better!

By: MrTH

MrTH — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:27:59 +0000

Thank you for checking in, Mr Urquhart. A visit to your shop in Elgin is a must for me on my annual trip to Scotland, or any whisky lover visiting the area. (Anyone who hasn’t seen it might be interested in the 360-degree panorama at Serge Valentin’s Whisky Fun: http://www.whiskyfun.com/Virtual-GordonMacPhail.html The fellow in the green jacket is my friend Ron–if that bottle in the little grandfather clock is still missing, I’d check his closet!)

By: Tim M

Tim M — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:46:00 +0000

Micheal,

Echo Johns comments. Especially appreciate your thoughts on your grandfather’s legacy. I seem to be taking an ever increasing interest in family genealogy (most fun claim to fame is that my grandfather around age 10 was present for the funeral procession of the last Hawaiian monarch, the late great Queen Liliokalani – a fact I learned only at his funeral, which to this day pains me, what a converasation we could have had).

Keep bringing out granddads wares, someday maybe I can afford to try them.

By: Tim M

Tim M — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:41:29 +0000

Damn John you’re old… lol. I hit 48 in 7 days. Havent yet figured out what my treat will be, but the anticipation grows within.

I didnt see this above, apologies if I missed it. What was the ABV of this bottling? And I think not doing a formal tasting/review is the appropriate avenue, unless your 15+ cl had said “OMG I’m seeing stars” (to parapharase Dom P.), in which case you would have said “OMG….”

Thanks for a great post, John.

By: Tim M

Tim M — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:33:06 +0000

Luke, let me know where and when, I’ll bring some goodies….

By: Willie

Willie — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:32:49 +0000

Shouldn’t it be June 7th 2030?

By: John Hansell

John Hansell — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:56:30 +0000

Thank you Michael for taking the time to add your thoughts here. We always appreciate when an key figure in the industry joins in on the discussion. I also appreciate the sample–half of which I enjoyed last night on your special day. The other half I might just wait until my special day: June 7th, when I turn 50!