Scotland, Speyside. Distillery operational. Owner: William Grant & Sons Ltd. Independent & family-owned

Founded in 1887 by William Grant, Glenfiddich is today one of the five top-selling single malts in the world. The family-owned distillery is a true success story, making the words “freedom” and “independence” an everyday reality by building its own cooperage and bottling chain on site. Known for its balanced and harmonious style, at the very start of the 1960s, The Glenfiddich offered an 8 year old Straight Malt version in a particularly fruity Irish style. But Glenfiddich is best known for its range of Vintage Reserve single casks, such as The Glenfiddich 1963, and its Private Vintage releases, such as The Glenfiddich 1955. More recently, the Rare Collection series attracted followers across the world, offering superb aged versions aged for 40 to 50 years. Two bottles stand out in particular, The Glenfiddich 64 Year Old 1937 - released in 2001, and Glenfiddich 50 Year Old 1939 - released at the very start of the 1990s.

A Glenfiddich 12 Year Old accompanied by a miniature bottle of Glenfiddich 15 Year Old, bottled between 2007 and 2014. The 12 year old joined the range in 2000, replacing the Special Reserve. Unlike the latter, which had continued to use the term ‘Pure Malt’’, this bottling was presented as a single malt in the iconic bottle designed for Glenfiddich in 1956. Glenfiddich 15 Year Old was, for its part, released in 1998. It was produced in the distillery’’s Solera Vat, which uses a simplified version of the ageing methods founded in sherry bodegas.