Mortlach 75 Years Old Generations by Gordon & MacPhail

$75,000 AUD

44.4% 70 cl

At an unprecedented 75 years old this incredible Mortlach Highland single malt was the oldest whisky ever bottled up to the time of its launch.  It was released by Gordon & MacPhail in 2015 as part of their Generations range. The whisky was distilled on 17th November 1939 and matured in a single first-fill Sherry butt before being bottled at cask strength over 75 years later. 

The precious liquid is presented in a handcrafted crystal teardrop-shaped decanter, which features 75 multilevel cuts in the glass representing the 75 years of maturation. Accompanying the decanter is a white presentation plinth, two crystal glasses and a specially commissioned book, all embraced within a luxury Aniline leather travel bag. 

Only 100 decanters were released for sale making it the world's most exclusive single malt whisky. We have within our collection one of only two destined originally for the Australian market.

This excellent article which appeared in Forbes Magazine neatly puts it into perspective within the world of rare Scotch whiskies:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/joemicallef/2018/11/08/the-future-of-scotch-crafting-a-100-yo-whisky/?fbclid=IwAR2cHkAIxpJZnwraWZBNKQPCMZpEGJ2HJeSkgkDQWOh7mwD5S0nhYbPA980#783fab6d7c3b

This product is located in Australia.

Distillery

Mortlach Distillery

This is one of the Dufftown distilleries and by far the oldest dating back to1823, the next not appearing until 1887 in the form of Glenfiddich. A bewildering number of owners of Mortlach came and went until John Walker & Sons purchased it a hundred years later from the Cowie family in 1923, two years before Walker’s became part of DCL. George Cowie & Son Limited continued as a subsidiary of Walker’s and was for a long time the licensee of Mortlach and so that connection remained for many years.

Without going into exacting detail, suffice to say here that Mortlach’s claim to fame is its unique method of distillation – not quite triple distillation but close to it and producing a particularly robust whisky in much demand by the blenders for its richness of flavour and bouquet, but also highly prized, for much the same reasons, as a single malt. It is, thus, a very different animal from the other, more traditional Speyside distilleries in the vicinity. It remains an important component of the Johnnie Walker blends, which may be why its future and, indeed, expansion is assured. The relatively scarce early examples as a single malt, whether from the distillery itself or from the independent bottlers, will surely see their values increase as Mortlach becomes better known.