Real whisky connoisseurs know the quality is in the age and Glenfiddich’s 50-year-old old bottle not only has quality it is also the second oldest, rarest and most expensive whiskey ever made. It is second to Glenfiddich’s 64-year-old whiskey released in 2001 and sold for £10,000 ($16,000). per bottle; till this day it is the oldest single malt produced ever introduced.
This rare 50-year-old Glenfiddich whisky was drawn from two casks and left to mature for 50 years in the darkness and chill of Banffshire distillery’s warehouse 8. Before bottling, the two casks were married for six months in an American oak barrel giving it an unrivalled array of flavours and aromas.
Peter Grant Gordon, head of The Glenfiddich Distillery described the Glenfiddich 50 year old as ‘the darkest Glenfiddich whisky with an astonishing taste; it has a well-balanced nose with a pleasantly sweet woody aroma’.
Finished in the finest Scottish silver, each hand-blown bottle is individually numbered and presented in a hand-stitched, leather-bound case which includes a book in which proud owners can record their tasting sessions for posterity.
The 50-year-old will be available exclusively from Paris Charles De Gaulle airport from 1 September and at other airports and specialist retailers from 1 November,
The Distillers plan to release 50 bottles per year over a ten year period retailing for £10,000 ($16,000).
