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Whisky specialist Gordon & MacPhail has launched what it has described as “the world’s most exclusive single malt Scotch whisky”.
Mortlach 75 Years Old is the latest offering in the Generations range from the family-owned Scotch whisky firm. With notes of dried apricots and pomegranate, followed by hints of spice and creamy vanilla, the latest release has a smooth and lingering smoky finish which remains long after the dram has been savoured.
Only 100 decanters of the 44.4% ABV whisky, matured in a first-fill sherry butt cask, have been released for worldwide sale. The recommended retail price is £20,000, although Gordon & MacPhail have emphasised that prices may differ in some markets.
Gordon & MacPhail’s Stephen Rankin, a fourth-generation whisky maker, said: “We’ve been anticipating this moment for a long time. Having been nurtured and cared for by four generations of our family it gives us great pleasure to release this unique and incredibly rare single malt.
“Our family has been immersed in the whisky industry for more than one hundred years and we’ve built up an expertise and knowledge, handed down from generation to generation.”
Whisky writer and connoisseur Charles MacLean, who was present at the whisky’s unveiling alongside Scottish author Alexander McCall Smith, described the latest Scotch as “smooth and highly sophisticated – elegant as a grande dame… the Ingrid Bergman of malts!”
MacLean continued: “Gordon & MacPhail is one of the few, if not the only company in the world who could have produced this rarest of whiskies. Generations of the Urquhart family have taken a long term view to maturing Scotch whisky, guided by a simple family saying: the future is shaped by what we do today. Today reveals what we did in the past. This philosophy has enabled the current generation to unveil this exquisite whisky.”
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