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Gordon & MacPhail’s Private Collection Showcase A $135,000 Wonder

Whisky creator Gordon & MacPhail recently unveiled a one-off collector’s item, a set of seventeen 20cL bottles in a bespoke Scottish oak cabinet straight from their Private Collection, each curated by the company’s director of prestige.

It’s actually quite limited … there’s only ONE showcase available, and it’s on display at the spiritual home of Gordon & MacPhail in Elgin, the shop where the company was founded in 1895.

The Private Collection Showcase comes with a price tag of £100,000 (around $135,000 USD).

Gordon & MacPhail Private Collection
Gordon & MacPhail Private Collection (image via Gordon & MacPhail)

The hand-crafted cabinet was designed and created by family-owned Method Studio, UK makers of 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 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 combine what’s described as oak, spirit and time to create their unique single malts.

All hand-signed by Rankin, the labels represent 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.

“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,” Rankin said in a prepared statement. “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 labor 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.”

Marisa Giannasi, architect and designer from Method Studio, said that 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 millimeter. The natural grain of these parts was arranged and aligned so that the precision-mitered 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 endeavor to weave into the fabric of each project,” she said. “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 finished by traditional craftsmen in Birmingham’s jewellery quarter.

Full list of Gordon & MacPhail Private Collection whiskies available within the showcase:

  • 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
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