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Gordon &
MacPhail Private Collection Showcase, a
one-off £100,000 set of 17 single malt
whiskies.
Here is a very rare
collection of drams put together by the
independent Elgin based and still family
owned and run whisky maker and bottler
Gordon & MacPhail. This is a one-off
collector’s item – the ultimate
Christmas present if you like for one very lucky
whisky enthusiast, and it is now
available to buy at the eye watering
price of £100,000.
If your pockets are deep enough for the
£100,000 price tag then this is the 17
Scotch single malt whiskies that you
will find in the collection put together
by G & M:
- Gordon & MacPhail 1953 from
Strathisla Distillery
- Gordon & MacPhail 1954 from
Mortlach Distillery
- Gordon & MacPhail 1957 from Glen
Grant Distillery
- Gordon & MacPhail 1961 from
Mortlach Distillery
- Gordon & MacPhail 1969 from
Mortlach Distillery
- Gordon & MacPhail 1965 from Glen
Grant Distillery
- Gordon & MacPhail 1966 from
Longmorn Distillery
- Gordon & MacPhail 1969 from
Dallas Dhu Distillery
- Gordon & MacPhail 1975 from
Glenlossie Distillery
- Gordon & MacPhail 1978 from Glen
Grant Distillery
- Gordon & MacPhail 1978 from
Glenlivet Distillery
- Gordon & MacPhail 1979 from
Glenlivet Distillery
- Gordon & MacPhail 1979 from Glen
Albyn Distillery
- Gordon & MacPhail 1979 from
Glentauchers Distillery
- Gordon & MacPhail 1981 from
Coleburn Distillery
- Gordon & MacPhail 1982 from St
Magdalene Distillery
- Gordon & MacPhail 1982 from
Caperdonich Distillery
The collection is presented in a bespoke
Scottish oak cabinet, the unique set
includes seventeen 20cl bottles from
Gordon & MacPhail’s Private Collection,
each curated by Stephen Rankin, Director
of Prestige.
If you are interested in buying the
Private Collection Showcase don't hang
around as there is only one showcase
available which is currently on display
at the spiritual home of Gordon &
MacPhail in Elgin, the shop where the
company was founded in 1895. The Private
Collection Showcase is exclusively
available at
www.gordonandmacphail.com/our-whiskies/ranges/private-collection-showcase/
The hand-crafted cabinet has been
designed and created by family-owned
Method Studio, makers of exquisite,
bespoke furniture.
Inside the cabinet, each single malt in
the collection is recessed into a solid
oak block crafted from one of the
original whisky casks that cradled the
spirit. The cabinet itself is lined in
soft oatmeal leather from Andrew
Muirhead & Son in Dalmarnock.
The whiskies themselves are among the
rarest ever released by Gordon &
MacPhail, personally selected by
Director of Prestige Stephen Rankin, a
fourth-generation member of the
company’s owning family.
The label on each bottle has been
designed to replicate those found on
whiskies in the company’s inner sanctum,
the sample room, used by Gordon &
MacPhail to hone its unique experience
of combining oak, spirit and time to
create single malts found nowhere else.
All hand-signed by Stephen, the labels
regale several single malts from ‘lost’
distilleries, including St Magdalene in
Linlithgow, Dallas Dhu and Caperdonich
in Speyside and Glen Albyn from the
Highlands. Many of the whiskies within
the cabinet are sold out and will never
be available to purchase again.
Stephen Rankin said: "Guided by similar
philosophies of dedication, passion and
attention to detail, we found a kindred
spirit in Method Studios when searching
for a partner for this truly unique
project.
"The cabinet is unlike anything we have
done before and is a chance to own a
piece of Scotland’s whisky history. It’s
a labour of love, from the meticulous
process of our whisky experts pairing
the spirit with the cask to the
precision and talent of the cabinet
makers, each built up over decades of
experience.
"The result is a celebration of the
patience and dedication that comes with
true craftsmanship."
Marisa Giannasi, architect and designer
from Method Studio said: "The doors of
the cabinet alone are made up of over
one hundred individual component parts
machined to a tolerance of less than a
quarter of a millimetre. The natural
grain of these parts has been
meticulously arranged and aligned so
that the precision-mitred facade flows
uninterrupted, like liquid around the
piece.
"Being surrounded by trees, water and
wildlife, as well as the changing
seasons, has a strong influence on our
work and on the material-driven,
gleefully hands-on atmosphere we
endeavour to weave into the fabric of
each project.
"This care and attention to every fine
detail is a hallmark of Method's work –
a value we very much share with the
expert family team at Gordon &
MacPhail."
As well as the complex and dramatic
‘gullwing’ doors, the solid brass plaque
on the front of the chest has been
engraved, polished and expertly finished
by traditional craftsmen in Birmingham's
legendary jewellery quarter – among the
last artisans capable of this level of
finely detailed work.
If the Gordon & MacPhail Private Collection Showcase is a little
beyond your budget then you can still explore the current Gordon
& MacPhail range which you will find available from
specialist online whisky retailers such
as
The Whisky Exchange and
Master of
Malt
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