{"product_id":"glen-mhor-49-year-old-1973-gordon-macphail-private-collection-recollection-series-2-single-refill-sherry-hogshead-85026801-highland-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2023-70cl","title":"Glen Mhor 49 Year Old 1973 Gordon \u0026 Macphail Private Collection Recollection Series 2 Single Refill Sherry Hogshead #85026801 Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2023) 70cl","description":"\u003ch2\u003eGlen Mhor 49 Year Old 1973 Gordon \u0026amp; Macphail Private Collection Recollection Series 2 Single Refill Sherry Hogshead #85026801 Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2023) 70cl\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 of 170 bottles produced from a single sherry cask. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe colour of this whisky gives us goosebumps alone! Glen Mhor was demolished in 1983 so a true ghost distillery and we are lucky to have any of this at all. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArguably the most famous independent bottler of Scotch whisky there is. Gordon \u0026amp; MacPhail was founded in Elgin in 1895 by James Gordon and John Alexander MacPhail. It is now owned by the Urquhart Family who have bow bottled over 350 different expressions from around 69 different distilleries. Gordon \u0026amp; MacPhail is the Trading name of Speymalt Whiskies while also owning the Benromach distillery, which they purchased in 1993. Some of the brands include Connoisseurs Choice, Cask Strength, Rare Old and Speymalt.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTASTING NOTES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColour\u003c\/strong\u003e: Dark amber. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNose\u003c\/strong\u003e: Sweet stewed raisin aromas complemet morello cherry and cocoa powder. Treacle toffee develops alongside soft polish and mature oak. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTaste\u003c\/strong\u003e: Steville orange zest combines with brown sugar and berry pompote. Notes of baked apple come to the fore accompanied by a hint of menthol. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinish\u003c\/strong\u003e: Long and full with lingering spice and citrus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Glen Mhor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner-content-inner\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"introduction\"\u003eWhen it can be found, Glen Mhor is a punchy, meaty malt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pagenav js-fixed\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGlen Mhor was one of a number of single malts which were being bottled in the late 19th and early 20th century, a further demonstration that the commonly held notion that this was a 1960s concept is not borne out by historical evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA small two-still operation, it is now very rarely seen although SMWS and Gordon \u0026amp; MacPhail have, on occasion, bottled it. Bottlings show it to be a big, fat and quite muscular malt with a meaty and lightly smoky undertow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt re-emerged most recently when it was named as one of the malts in the Mackinlay’s blend which was found entombed in ice under Ernest Shackleton’s hut. The distillery’s other claim to fame was as the place where Scottish novelist, and author of the polemic\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eScotland and Whisky,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eNeil M. Gunn, was first based.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClearly in 1892 when John Birnie, the manager of Glen Albyn (which sat opposite) entered into a business partnership with Leith blender Charles Mackinlay, he was thinking commercially. The new distillery was designed by the leading architect of the era, Charles Doig, and located between the Caledonian Canal and the railway giving it superb communication links. In 1920, Mackinlay \u0026amp; Birnie bought Glen Albyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnusually, the distillery remained water-powered until the 1950s and had Saladin maltings installed in 1954.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1972, it became a late addition to the DCL portfolio, although it would only remain with the industry giant until 1983 when it was another of Scotland’s smaller stills to close. Three years later it was demolished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeen from a modern perspective in which the importance of whisky tourism is a major consideration, the fact that the capital of the Highlands doesn’t have a single distillery might seem strange.  It’s easy to forget how vey different the business was only a few decades ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e47.2% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Glen Mhor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52791366615378,"sku":"GLMHOR49GM","price":5899.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/9737\/9666\/files\/GlenMhor49YearOld1973Gordon_MacphailRecollectionSeries2SingleRefillSherryHogshead_85026801HighlandSingleMaltScotchWhisky_2023_70cl1.jpg?v=1771957765","url":"https:\/\/whiskysituation.co.uk\/products\/glen-mhor-49-year-old-1973-gordon-macphail-private-collection-recollection-series-2-single-refill-sherry-hogshead-85026801-highland-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2023-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}