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Glenlivet 70-year-old to fetch at least £30k
A 70-year-old bottle of the Private Collection Glenlivet 1943 is expected to fetch between £30,000 and £40,000 (US$38,200-US$51,000), when it heads to auction in Glasgow this week.
Private Collection Glenlivet 1943 will go under the hammer this Friday (17 August)
The expression was first matured at the Glenlivet distillery and then at Gordon & MacPhail’s warehouses in Elgin.
On 14 January 1943, Gordon and MacPhail’s senior partner, John Urquhart, filled a Sherry cask made of European oak with spirit.
In 2013, current director and great grandson to John Urquhart, Stephen Rankin, started to release the spirit from Cask 121 into 42 decanters.
The whisky will go on sale at McTear’s Rare & Collectible Whisky auction on Friday 17 August.
McTear’s whisky expert, Graeme Maxwell, said: “We have seen some exceptional bottles come through the doors at McTear’s over the years and there is no doubt this sits as one of the most magnificent whiskies we have had the privilege to auction.
“The Private Collection Glenlivet 1943 is revered amongst whisky connoisseurs and we expect the bottle to attract considerable interest in the lead in to our Rare & Collectable Whisky Auction on Friday 17 August.”