Single Malt 125th Anniversary Edition
⏳ Drinking Window
As a premium distilled single malt Scotch whisky, this bottling is fully matured and does not age further in the glass. It is ready to be enjoyed immediately upon release and will remain in peak condition indefinitely if stored upright, sealed, and away from direct sunlight.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Rich blue cheeses such as Stilton, smoked wild game meats, or premium dark chocolate desserts.
✨ Technical Specifications
Released in 2012 to commemorate 125 years since founder William Grant first ran spirit from the copper stills on Christmas Day in 1887, the Glenfiddich 125th Anniversary Edition is a liquid monument to Speyside history. Malt Master Brian Kinsman crafted this unique expression to replicate the historical style of Glenfiddich's early days. Unlike the distillery's modern, fruit-forward unpeated style, this release incorporates a unusually high proportion of peated malt, mirroring the 19th-century Speyside practice of using local peat for kilning due to coal scarcity. Matured in a combination of Spanish Sherry butts and American oak bourbon casks, it delivers a complex marriage of rich dried fruits, vanilla, and oak spices, all enveloped in a gentle, warming cloak of peat smoke that harks back to the Victorian era.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1886 by William Grant alongside his nine children, Glenfiddich stands as one of Scotland's most historically significant and enduringly independent, family-owned distilleries. Situated in Dufftown within the heart of Speyside, the distillery draws its pure, mineral-soft process water exclusively from the Robbie Dhu springs, which flow through nearby peatlands and quartz terrain. Distillation is conducted in unusually small, distinctively shaped copper pot stills, meticulously replicated down to the exact curvature of the original late-nineteenth-century vessels to preserve high ester formation. Glenfiddich was instrumental in pioneering the modern global market for single malt Scotch in the 1960s. Today, under the guidance of Malt Master Brian Kinsman, the distillery is distinguished by its on-site cooperage and Solera vat system, crafting an iconic house profile marked by fresh orchard pear, delicate white blossom, subtle oak spice, and dried fruit complexity exemplified in releases like the 21 Year Old Gran Reserva Caribbean rum cask finish and the Rare Collection.