Glenlivet - Smith's Glenlivet 1949 40% by Gordon & MacPhail

Glenlivet - Smith's Glenlivet 1949 40% by Gordon & MacPhail

$5,570 AUD

40% 70 cl

At well over 50 years old, this long-aged single malt from the legendary Glenlivet distillery was laid down in 1949 and matured until 2001. Independently bottled by Gordon & MacPhail for their retro label Distillery Labels series.

Tasting Notes

Nose: Sweet, toffee notes with a smoky, peaty edge. Fruity elements, red apples, pears, and Sherry are also present.

Palate: Sweet with some smoky notes, traces of oak with a touch of Sherry.

This product is located in the United Kingdom.

Distillery

The Glenlivet Distillery

The Glenlivet distillery must remain a shrine to be visited by every true devotee of the amber liquid and any serious student of whisky lore. Its pre-license history is well known and reflects the romance and dramas of the illicit distilling years of the early 19th century.

From illicit smuggler to one of the first ever licensed distillers in 1824 following the passing of the Excise Act the previous year, George Smith of Upper Drummin, with a little help from his powerful landlord, the Duke of Gordon, quickly established himself as the premier distiller of the glens. A new distillery was built at Minmore in 1858 called Glenlivet and that has remained its home ever since.

Such was Glenlivet’s reputation that many Speyside distilleries hyphenated their own names with the Glenlivet suffix, and so the Smiths adopted the definite article as a prefix to create The Glenlivet. The latter remained in the hands of the Smiths until the company merged in 1952 with an equally illustrious enterprise, J and J Grant of Glen Grant fame. Together, they formed The Glenlivet and Glen Grant Distilleries Limited, only to merge in 1970 with Hill, Thomson to form The Glenlivet Distillers Limited, the entire enterprise becoming part of the Seagram empire in 1977. When Pernod-Ricard picked over the Seagram Scotch whisky assets, which they acquired in 2001, they quickly gave Glenlivet flag ship status within their extensive distillery inventory. This was underlined in 2009 with a major expansion, which saw capacity increased by 75%.