On the year of King George VI’s coronation, distilled July 17th 1937, cask number 843 began its long journey. Nurtured by ten of the finest warehousemen and under the specialist care of generations of Malt Masters, it was deemed one of the finest and oldest whiskies the world would taste. 

 

After 64 years the angels left only 61 bottles of this precious whisky. Its strength, from decades of evaporation, should have been depleted. But it was not. Instead it had an incredible, innate and unrepeatable quality. It was bottled omn the 24th of October 2001.

 

Nose: Cosseting smoothness, treacle and sweet notes. Then cedar, oak and dry bitter chocolate are revealed.

Taste: Huge and complex – robust oak, burnt heather, tender poached pears in chocolate toffee. Raisins, cinnamon and cloves. A trace of leather and dark roasted coffee.

Finish: Cosseting smoothness, treacle and sweet notes. Then cedar, oak and dry bitter chocolate are revealed.

Colour: Rich walnut, darm amber, antique bronze.

 

Vintage: 1937

Bottled: 2001

Age: 64 years old

ABV: 40%

Size: 70cl

Bottles: 61

Glenfiddich brought together our greatest experts to handpick glenfiddich’s first ever vatted vintage reserve. Our malt master Brian Kinsman, our global brand ambassador Ian Millar, and 13 brand ambassadors from across the world. The Panel:

• Brian Kinsman - Glenfiddich’s Malt Master.

• Ian Millar - Glenfiddich’s Global Brand Ambassador.

• Hans-Henrik Hansen - Owner of the world’s largest collection of Glenfiddich

• 13 of Glenfiddich’s Brand Ambassadors:
   

• • Barry Chalmers – South East Asia

• • Claude Fronton – France

• • David Francis – Nordics

• • Freddy May – USA

• • Heather Green – USA

• • Mitch Bechard – USA

• • James Chan – Taiwan

• • Jamie Milne – UK

• • Jason Duganzich – South Africa

• • Javier Peralta – Spain

• • Sean Lee – China

• • Tony van Rooijen – Netherlands

• • Yoonsoo Kang – South Korea

 

Vintage: 1974

Name: Rare Collection

Cask: 3 American oak casks

Bottled: 2011

Age: 36 years old

ABV: 46,8%

Size: 70cl, 75cl

Bottles: 1000

 

Colour: Rich Golden

Nose: Rich and oaky with vibrant vanilla sweetness and an intriguing hint of polished leather and liquorice. With a little water, fresh fruit and spice bursts through – orange marmalade, ripe berries, cinnamon, nutmeg and caramelised pear.

Taste: Initially very sweet with a vanilla toffee character. Oak tannin develops with time. A satisfying oily texture and a slightly drier flavor emerges. With water notes become velvety soft and mellow. Beautiful layers of fruit, spice, oak and the merest hint of smoke are revealed.

Finish: Very long lasting with lingering oak.

Exclusive to the US market this release, cask #4706, was released together with cask #5114, which was distilled back in 1975 only a week later.

This distinctive and rare rich gold whisky has a lively and vibrant bouquet imparting notes of oak, antique leather, tannin and crisp parchment, while maintaining its intriguing zestiness with hints of green apple and citrus. At first sip, a silky-smooth mouthfeel is welcoming with a creamy vanilla sweetness followed by a long-lasting finish of mellow oak, toasted almonds, banana and spring blossom.

Vintage: 1975

Name: Rare Collection

In cask date: 1975

Cask: European Oak sherry butt #4706

Bottled: 2019

Age: 44 years old

ABV: 48,0%

Size: 75cl

Bottles: 121

Exclusive to the US market this release, cask #5114, was released together with cask #4706, which was distilled back in 1975 only a week earlier.

A beautifully rich and complex dark amber whisky envelops the nose with an intense spicy oak character and layers of dried fruits. An initial burst of sundried raisins and vanilla gives way to more subtle notes of cinnamon, nutmeg and caramelized apple. Once tasted, the first wave of flavor is a powerful expression of the Glenfiddich distillery character taken to new levels with essence of spicy oak and fruit, followed by unfolding notes of apricots, prunes and dates, concluding with woody spice, toasted macadamia and rich fruit cake.

 

Vintage: 1975

In cask date: 1975

Cask: Unusually rare European Oak hogshead #5114

Bottled: 2019

Age: 44 years old

ABV: 54,7%

Size: 75cl

Bottles: 130

The Rare Collection from Glenfiddich was first introduced in the early 2000s and included a sought-after annual batch release of 40 year old single malt, as well as the famous 1937 vintage, genuinely one of the world's rarest bottles of whisky. This incarnation sees the label revised for its single cask series, replacing the Vintage Reserve line during the 2008 rebranding of the distillery's portfolio.

 

Vintage: 1977

Cask: Single Cask 22742

Bottled: 2017

Age: 39 year old

ABV: 44,9%

Size: 70cl

Bottles: 166

Vintage: 1977

Cask: Single Cask 22723

Bottled: 2009

Age: 32 years old

ABV: 49,3%

Size: 70cl

Bottles: 242

Bottled for German Glenfiddich & Friends Bar Community

 

Vintage: 1977

Cask: Single Cask 22722

Bottled: 2012

Age: 34 years old

ABV: 48,3%

Size: 70cl

Bottles: 208

Bottled for DEM (Developed European Markets)

 

Vintage: 1978

Cask: American Oak Hogshead #28117

Bottled: 2014

Age: 38 years old

ABV: 56,3%

Size: 70cl

Bottles: 159

 

Nose: Elegant fruit notes with subtle vanilla oak and a hint of vanilla toffee.  A drop of water releases a soft spring blossom with delicate citrus and fresh fruit

Taste: Soft and mellow with a silky smooth texture.  Rich in Glenfiddich’s trademark ripe pear sweetness underpinned with woody spices, cinnamon and nutmeg, and a rich vanilla oak.

Finish: Beautifully sweet and long lasting

Colour: Golden 

Available in prestige liquor stored and on-trade outlets located in key destinations across Europe.

 

Vintage: 1979

Cask: American Oak Hogshead

Bottled: August 18th 2015

Filled April 13th 1979

Age: 36 years old

ABV: 51,8%

Size: 70cl

Bottles: 186

 

Nose: A robust oaky aroma with subtle vanilla, dusty spices and aged tobacco leaf. Delicate leafy notes are beautifully entwined with ripe green apple and mandarin orange

Taste: Deep, rich and warming with barley sugar sweetness. The flavour evolves through soft fruits, slightly dry oak, ground ginger and fresh nutmeg before returning to a satisfying balance of rich oak and fruity sweetness

Finish: Long lasting oak tannin sweetness

Colour: Rich Golden

Bottled for Les Clos, France

 

Vintage: 1985

Cask: Sherry cask #2703

Bottled: 2015

Age: 30 years old

ABV: 50,7%

Size: 70cl

Bottles: 120

This whisky was distilled exactly 100 years after the first drops came from the stills when William Grant started his Glenfiddich Distillery and bottled 125 ytears after its opening. The cask used, number 19996, was selected by Peter Gordon, great-great-grandson of founder William Grant.

 

Vintage: 1987

In cask date: December 25^th 1987

Cask: European Sherry oak cask #19996

Bottled: Christmas Day, December 25^th 2013

Age: 25 years old

ABV: 55,2%

Size: 70cl

Bottles: 286

 

Nose: Rich fruit cake, toasted almonds, cinnamon and a zesty citrus note enveloped in vanilla sweetness. Hints of liquorice, leather and ground coffee.

Taste: A beautiful velvety texture. Rich and spicy with a sweet sherbety flavour, the depth of oak tannin creates an intriguing balance of sweet and dry with a luxurious mouth coating oiliness

Finish: Long lasting with a sweet oakiness.

Colour: Bronze

Cask #20050 produced a limited release of 200 bottles to mark the 50th anniversary of the Glenfiddich Visitor Centre.

 

Vintage: 1987

In cask date: December 25^th 1987

Cask: European American Oak Hogshead #20050

Bottled: 2019

Age: 30 years old

ABV: 56,7%

Size: 70cl

Bottles: 200

Released in Hong Kong

Vintage 1988

In cask date: 1988

Cask: Cask #12341

Bottled: 2006

Age: 28 years old

ABV: 50,0%

Size: 70cl

Bottles: 231