Glenfiddich Rare Collection 40 Year Old Whisky: 1 of only 500 Bottles - Voted world's finest whisky!

Glenfiddich Rare Collection 40 Year Old Whisky - Bottled in 2007

Valued at R29 000 but all 500 units sold out.  Not available anywhere internationally.  Price is not negotiable.

Item pictured is the item for sale.  Everything is in mint condition and includes the original shipping packaging from the Glenfiddich distillery.

This is the world's finest single malt Scotch whisky, according to the panel of 75 international whisky experts who gave us the Gold medal in the 2003 Whisky Magazine independent blind tastings in Edinburgh, Kentucky and Tokyo. (Glenfiddich Official site info)

The Glenfiddich Rare Collection 40 Year Old, bottled at the cask strength of 43.7% ABV, comes in a solid oak presentation box with detailed tasting notes from renowned whisky writer Michael Jackson.

In his tasting notes, Michael Jackson says: "Not all whiskies are suited to such long maturation, but Glenfiddich is a perfect candidate. It emerges with a silky elegance that is both seductive and challenging. To sit down with such a complex whisky and persuade it to reveal itself is a rare pleasure."

David Stewart Glenfiddich Malt Master said: "This is the fourth vatting of Glenfiddich Rare Collection 40 Year Old and, in my opinion, is the best yet. The combination of refill hogsheads, a sherry butt and more than 40 years of patient maturation delivers a finely layered single malt of complex aromas and flavours from the initial floral nose through a creamy sweet body to the long, dry, smoky finish."

Country:  Scotland
Region:  Speyside
Bottler:  Distillery Bottling
Age:  40 Years Old
Bottling Date:  20th April 2007
Strength:  43.5%
Bottle Size:  70cl
Number of Bottles:  500

Collector's notes: (from the distillery)
Limited edition of 500 bottles; packaged in a hand-made oak box with a brass plaque;
bottle label and tasting notes personalized with the bottle number and bottling date;
each bottle is signed by Peter Gordon, the great-great-grandson of Glenfiddich distillery founder William Grant;
in 2001 it won three awards: Gold Medal - International Spirit Challenge; Silver Medal - International Wine and Spirits Competition; top score (9.5 out of 10), Whisky Magazine.
Gold Medal Best in Class winner at the International Wine & Spirit Competition 2007