A Scotch older than your grandparents is valued roughly at the price of a starter home. Ready for a rich, heady sip?
The back story It’s not unusual to find single-malt Scotch whisky that’s been aged for more than 20 years. And there are examples of ones that go back 40 years.Gordon & MacPhail, a Scottish bottler and distiller, is indeed releasing a whisky with an 80-year age statement. Called Generations, it comes via the Glenlivet distillery. The story goes that on Feb.
Gordon & MacPhail is making a big splash with the release, which is limited to 250 bottles. The first of these will be auctioned off on Oct. 7 through Sotheby’s in Hong Kong — the auction house is valuing the bottle at between $100,000 to $200,000. The remaining bottles will be sold directly through Gordon & MacPhail — the price is not being made public but is available by request, Rankin says.
This remarkable bottle’s arrival comes at a time when there’s growing interest in investment-worthy whisky, with some collectors embracing rare and special bottles the way art collectors have done with significant paintings. A bottle of 60-year-old Macallan went for $1.9 million at auction in 2019, for example. Perhaps that makes this 80-year-old a bargain if it sells for a “mere” $100,000.
It’s a rich, heady sip — not as “woody” as you might expect for something that’s been, well, sitting in wood for 80 years. But it’s got a properly hefty texture — or “oily,” as the Gordon & MacPhail team describe it. And it’s got notes of sweetness and spice — look for hints of salted plums, dates and figs, according to Gordon & MacPhail — with just a bit of mystery in the mix.
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