Glen Grant 1952 53 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail (bottled 2005) Single Malt Whisky w/box 700ml

The Chaps at Master of Malt
Nose: A medium-bodied, rather sublime nose, laden with Christmas spice, mixed peels and sherry-like aromas of sultana and prune. With time in the glass, notes of calf leather and resin appear, as well as thyme and freshly dug earth. Hints of dried banana chips and vanilla provide inviting sweetness.
Palate: An abundance of rich, chewy, nut-like flavours. There’s an oily texture here which coats the palate, offering up hints of smoke, heather roots, butterscotch and Christmas pudding, drenched in brandy.
Finish: Malty and rich to the very end, those Christmas spices cling on, as do faint wisps of wood-smoke.
Overall: A staggeringly complex, rich and intense dram: there’s a reason Jim Murray named this best single malt Scotch 41 years & over!

Glen Grant is a Scotch whisky distillery known for its single malt. Although it is located in the Speyside town of Rothes, some historical releases may be labeled as Highland whisky.

The distillery was founded in 1840 by John and James Grant, the former a distiller and the latter an engineer and politician. The two also bankrolled the railway line from Craigellachie and Rothes to Elgin and Lossiemouth port. In 1972, Young James Grant ("The Major") took over, and would run the business until his death in 1931. Grant is one of the more colorful characters in Scotch whisky history – he was known for his playboy socialising and fondness for travel, and was the first man in the Highlands to own a car. Indeed, Glen Grant was the first distillery in Scotland to boast an electric light.