Gordon & MacPhail, has today announced the launch of the
fourth release in its annual Mr George Legacy Series.
Gordon & MacPhail - Mr George Legacy 1958 from Glen
Grant Distillery (56.5% ABV) is a 65 Year Old single cask, single malt Scotch
whisky, which was matured in a first-fill Sherry cask.
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| Gordon & MacPhail - Mr George Legacy 1958 from Glen Grant Distillery |
This latest release, which honours Mr George Urquhart, a member of the second generation of the company’s owning family and the man who helped bring single malt whisky to the world, was laid down to mature by ‘Mr George’, as he was known to those who knew him best, in a single cask no.3818.
This fourth edition’s packaging and support campaign is
themed around having the courage of one’s convictions, symbolised by ‘The Lone
Oak’. Mr George’s approach – to age whisky for as long as it needed – was seen
by some as eccentric during his lifetime. The theme celebrates this philosophy
of occasionally going against the grain but always standing firm to one’s
principles in pursuit of perfection.
Gordon & MacPhail - Mr George Legacy 1958 from Glen
Grant Distillery, is said to deliver notes of beeswax, molasses, stewed prunes,
warm spices, aged leather, mature oak and cocoa powder on the nose. Followed by
notes of Seville orange peel, dark morello cherry, tobacco, roasted coffee beans,
toasted oak and liquorice on the palate.
Commenting on the launch, Stuart Urquhart, Operations
Director at Gordon & MacPhail, said: “My grandfather had a particular
affinity with Glen Grant Distillery. Local to our home in Elgin, Mr George had
a strong relationship with the owners and distillers through the decades and he
enjoyed experimenting with different casks to complement the distillery’s
lighter spirit style.”
He went onto say: “Back in the 1950s, the spirit would have
been slightly smoky due to floor maltings and a small level of peat being used,
which is a style rarely seen in today’s modern Speyside whiskies, giving this
whisky a charred oakiness, balanced by long-term maturation in a Sherry cask
made of European oak.”
Limited to 376 bottles, Gordon & MacPhail - Mr George
Legacy 1958 from Glen Grant Distillery, will be later this month from
specialist retailers, for a RRP of £7,000.
Posted by Steve Rush