Glenlivet Cellar Collection 1972

by Gustad Mody (RSS feed)
Feb 28th 2006 at 10:01AM

With a strong reputation for very special expressions, every year a selection of exceptional whisky is brought to the market from The Glenlivet Cellar Collection. A vatting of 10 casks from a single day’s distillation of August 24, 1972 will be this year’s selection. After the filling on that Thursday, the parcel of casks were placed into Warehouse 5 at the distillery and stored in the lower tier of stows 87 and 89. The richness and fruitiness found in this creation could only be obtained by the choice climate, cask wood, and generous age. Bottled at natural cask strength without cill-filtration, the 1972 collection is a definitive Speyside single malt whisky. Only 800 bottles have been released to the US which will run about $700 each.

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Confused Mar 10th 2006 1:34PM

Since it hasn't been released yet, I don't see how you could comment on the taste.
If you are going to regurgitate press releases, don't make it sound like you are in the know.

Also Glenlivet doesn't release a Cellar edition every year.

Neil Macdonald Mar 15th 2006 5:17AM

This Cellar Collection was premiered at a special tasting in London in November 2005 on the same day that the brand won a Trophy for the 21yo at the IWSC.
Also worth noting that since 2000, a Cellar Collection has been released every year although may not have all come into the USA at the time of launch.