GORDON & MACPHAIL UNVEILS FINAL RELEASE IN ‘MR GEORGE’ LEGACY SERIES
Gordon & MacPhail has revealed the fifth and last launch within the Mr George Legacy Collection – an ultra-rare 70-Yr-Previous whisky celebrating ‘The daddy of single malt Scotch whisky’, Mr George Urquhart, and his lifelong quest in pursuit of the proper dram.
Solely 130 bottles accessible worldwide, Mr George Legacy Collection 1954 from Glen Grant Distillery honours the one malt whisky pioneer and marks Gordon & MacPhail’s 130th anniversary. As a consequence of ‘Mr George’s’ affection in direction of Glen Grant Distillery, this unique single malt follows the earlier 4 within the collection. The liquid was distilled on 24th April 1954, having been left to mature in cask no. 1823, a first-fill sherry puncheon for 70 years.
Bottled in January 2025 at a cask power of fifty.5%, the whisky is bursting with fruity notes with vanilla fudge and low on the nostril, and a clean style that features purple apple, walnut, dried orange peel, darkish chocolate and toasted oak flavours. The discharge is priced at £8,000 and accessible to buy worldwide. *
This version’s packaging recognises ‘Mr George’s’ pursuit of perfection, and his life’s dedication to exploring totally different mixtures of spirit, cask and time. Fondly recognized by those that knew him finest as ‘Mr George’, second-generation member of the household that owns Gordon & MacPhail, performed a pivotal position within the success and recognition of single malt Scotch whiskies.
Within the late Sixties, Mr George launched the Connoisseurs Alternative vary. Since its creation, the vary has featured over 2,000 releases from nearly 100 distilleries. By harnessing relationships with Scotland’s distillers and sending Gordon & MacPhail’s casks to be full of new-make spirit, ‘Mr George’ grew to become a pioneer within the mixture of spirit, cask and time, creating and bottling iconic single malt whiskies within the course of.
Stuart Urquhart, Operations Director at Gordon & MacPhail, mentioned: “The fifth and last launch from the Mr George Legacy Collection is the proper tribute to my grandfather’s lifetime of labor, which nonetheless impacts our method at this time. As we have a good time our 130th anniversary, we not solely honour the previous but in addition encourage future generations to proceed the innovation and craftsmanship championed by ‘Mr George’.
“As a fourth-generation, family-owned enterprise, we wish to commemorate our historic roots and whereas the Mr George Legacy Collection might culminate with this launch, my grandfather’s quest for perfection lives on inside Gordon & MacPhail.”
Charlie MacLean, whisky author and knowledgeable, added: “Mr George joined his father, John, within the household enterprise in 1933. Over the subsequent seventy years, he established shut relations with distilleries all through Scotland. He was arguably the world’s foremost knowledgeable in combining spirit, oak and time, and is justifiably described as ‘The Father of Malt Whisky’.
“This last launch within the collection is surprisingly vibrant for such an outdated whisky, however with the multi-layered complexity that may solely be developed by long-maturation in the suitable cask. A whisky worthy of Mr George Urquhart, who could have chosen the cask and who would have been pleased with the outcome.”
The Mr George Legacy Collection 1954 from Glen Grant Distillery is accessible to buy from www.gordonandmacphail.com. #GordonandMacPhail
*Costs might range in worldwide markets.
Tasting notes for all 5 Mr George Legacy collection releases are as follows:
First version: The Mr George Legacy Collection 1953 from Glen Grant Distillery
ABV: 59.4%
Color: Darkest mahogany
Nostril: Delicate aromas of beeswax polish give solution to stewed fruit and toasted hazelnuts. Refined orange peel enhances wealthy ginger notes.
Style: Autumnal spice and ripe plum flavours mix with gentle blackcurrant undertones. Treacle involves the fore alongside a light-weight contact of contemporary mint.
End: A full-bodied and lengthy end with lingering fruit, spice and a fragile trace of bonfire embers.
Second version: The Mr George Legacy Collection 1957 from Glen Grant Distillery
ABV: 56.1%
Color: Mahogany
Nostril: Wealthy fruitcake aromas intertwine with festive spices; cinnamon and ginger. Notes of Orange marmalade are accompanied by darkish treacle and a touch of beeswax polish.
Style: Morello cherries are adopted by delicate dried tobacco and backyard mint. Ripe purple apple undertones mix with citrus peel and mushy aniseed.
End: A spicy full-bodied end with lasting flavours of forest fruit and charred oak.
Third version: The Mr George Legacy Collection 1959 from Glen Grant Distillery
ABV: 56.5%
Color: Amber
Nostril: Autumnal spice aromas intertwine with sweet-dried fruit and demerara sugar. Delicate citrus zest involves the fore alongside beeswax polish and walnut.
Style: Stewed purple fruit flavours result in Seville orange with a touch of backyard mint. Tart raspberry notes develop accompanied by cocoa powder and mature oak.
End: A full end with lingering cinnamon and forest fruits.
Fourth version: The Mr George Legacy Collection 1958 from Glen Grant Distillery
ABV: 56.5%
Color: Mahogany
Nostril: Wealthy beeswax aromas result in underlying molasses, stewed prunes and heat spices. Refined aged leather-based develops alongside mature oak and a touch of cocoa powder.
Style: Clean and full bodied. Seville orange peel and morello cherry flavours give solution to dried tobacco and roasted espresso bean. Toasted oak notes involves the fore with a contact of liquorice.
End: Lengthy and balanced end with a faint trace of smoke.
Fifth (and last) version: The Mr George Legacy Collection 1954 from Glen Grant Distillery
ABV: 50.5%
Color: Mahogany
Nostril: Gentle leather-based aromas result in stewed prune, spicy clove and hints of blueberry compote. Vanilla fudge and roast espresso notes develop alongside delicate cherry.
Style: Clean with purple apple, walnut and dried orange peel flavours giving solution to tobacco and caramelised banana. Darkish chocolate and spices mix with toasted oak.
End: Medium end with a touch of smoke and lingering fruit.
About Gordon & MacPhail Whiskies
For 130 years, Gordon & MacPhail has been pushed by a easy mission: to create single malt Scotch whisky of remarkable high quality. Via 4 generations of household possession, the corporate has matched spirit from over 100 Scottish distilleries to its casks. It’s this distinctive depth and breadth of expertise that allows Gordon & MacPhail to mix oak, spirit and time to create a portfolio of iconic whiskies discovered nowhere else on this planet.
