Glen Grant 16 Year Old 2009 Connoisseurs Choice (Gordon & MacPhail) 70cl, 58.6%
Tasting Notes
Colour: Deep gold to amber. This is an inference based on the first fill sherry butt maturation and reviewed bottle presentation.
Nose: Raisins, cocoa powder, and caramel, with a fine herbal edge and sherried spice. This is based on reviewed retailer tasting notes for this exact bottling.
Palate: Dates and orange combine with mint, fruity sweetness, and a rich sherried depth. This is based on reviewed retailer tasting notes for this exact bottling.
Finish: Lingering mixed nuts and vanilla, with a warming cask strength close. The nuts and vanilla are based on reviewed retailer tasting notes, while the warming feel is an inference from the 58.6% strength.
Description
Glen Grant 16 Year Old 2009 Connoisseurs Choice Gordon & MacPhail 70cl, 58.6% is a limited Speyside single malt bottled at cask strength after 16 years of maturation. Distilled in 2009 and bottled in 2025, it was matured in a first fill sherry butt, giving it a richer and more concentrated style than a lighter refill-cask bottling while still keeping the distillery’s elegant Speyside character in view.
This release is limited to 631 bottles, which gives it strong appeal for both drinkers and collectors. The overall profile leans into dried fruit, cocoa, caramel, orange-led fruit, spice, nuts, and vanilla, making it a bold sherried bottling with good depth and presence.
Why Choose Glen Grant 16 Year Old 2009 Connoisseurs Choice Gordon & MacPhail 70cl, 58.6%
It is a 16-year-old Glen Grant from the Connoisseurs Choice range.
It is bottled at cask strength at 58.6% ABV.
It was matured in a first fill sherry butt.
It is a limited release of 631 bottles.
It offers a rich sherried style with dried fruit, cocoa, caramel, orange, spice, nuts, and vanilla notes.
Ideal For.
Collectors looking for a limited single-cask-style Speyside bottling with a clearly stated bottle count.
Fans of sherried single malt with dried fruit, chocolatey depth, citrus, and spice.
Pouring neat or with a few drops of water to explore the whisky’s fruit, spice, and cask influence in more detail. This is an inference based on the cask strength bottling and flavour profile.
Buyers who want an independent bottling with more individuality and shelf appeal than a standard distillery release. This is an inference based on the age statement, cask style, and limited outturn.
Product Details
Product: Glen Grant 16 Year Old 2009 Connoisseurs Choice Gordon & MacPhail.
Distillery: Glen Grant.
Bottler: Gordon & MacPhail.
Range: Connoisseurs Choice.
Country: Scotland.
Region: Speyside. This is supported by the distillery identity and standard regional classification for Glen Grant.
Type: Single Malt Scotch Whisky.
Vintage: 2009.
Age: 16 Years Old.
Bottle Size: 70cl.
ABV: 58.6%.
Cask Type: First fill sherry butt.
Cask Number: 900941.
Bottling Year: 2025.
Presentation: Non-chill-filtered and with no colouring noted in reviewed retail listings.
Bottle Count: 631 bottles.
Collector’s Note
This is a proper collector-friendly bottle rather than just a strong drinker’s release. The combination of Glen Grant distillery, Connoisseurs Choice branding, first fill sherry butt maturation, cask strength presentation, and a stated outturn of 631 bottles gives it genuine appeal for buyers who enjoy limited independent Speyside bottlings.
Additional information
| Weight | 2.6 kg |
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