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Longmorn twin whiskies launch for £30,000
Gordon & MacPhail has bottled a pair of Longmorn single malts – the oldest whiskies from the Speyside distillery ever released.
The pair of Longmorn whiskies are priced at £30,000
The 1961 vintage whiskies, which are 57 years old, were selected for bottling by twin brothers Stuart and Richard Urquhart this year. Both expressions have been matured in first-fill Sherry hogsheads and bottled at cask strength.
Richard Urquhart’s whisky from the European oak cask 508 was bottled at 45% abv, while the whisky from American oak cask 512, selected by Stuart Urquhart, was bottled at 40.8% abv.
The Urqhart twins are part of the founding family of whisky maturation specialist and bottler Gordon & MacPhail. The liquid for these latest expressions was originally laid down to mature by their grandfather George Urquhart.
Sitting under Gordon & MacPhail’s Private Collection range, the decanters will only be available to buy as a pair at an RRP of £30,000 (US$40,000).
Each whisky is contained in a hand-blown decanter and presented with a book by rare whisky specialist Jonny McCormick, along with a personally signed certificate of authenticity from each brother.
“As someone whose day-job is applying the family’s knowledge of how to match spirit with the perfect cask, the nuances of our Longmorns, distilled 57 years ago, were especially intriguing,” said Stuart Urquhart, Gordon & MacPhail’s associate director of whisky supply. “For example, the whisky I selected has a slightly spicier finish.”
Richard Urquhart, Gordon & MacPhail’s international sales manager for Asia and the Americas, added: “For much of our lives, Stuart and I have shared similar environments, growing up together and sailing competitively as a team, as well as working under the same roof.
“However, as we’ve matured it’s intriguing to see how our individual characters, much like the whiskies, have differed.”
This year marked significant change for Gordon & MacPhail, which streamlined its 14 ranges to five: Discovery, Distillery Labels, Connoisseurs Choice, Private Collection, and Generations.
Find out more about the group’s future plans in SB‘s interview with managing director Ewen Mackintosh.