{"product_id":"glen-grant-25-year-old-2000-signatory-vintage-symingtons-choice-single-oloroso-sherry-butt-6-speyside-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2025-70cl","title":"Glen Grant 25 Year Old 2000 Signatory Vintage Symington's Choice Single Oloroso Sherry Butt #6 Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2025) 70cl","description":"\u003ch2\u003eGlen Grant 25 Year Old 2000 Signatory Vintage Symington's Choice Single Oloroso Sherry Butt #6 Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2025) 70cl\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"w-full mt-6 leading-relaxed product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prose max-w-full\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDistilled in 2000, this cask strength single malt from Glen Grant was laid down in a single Oloroso sherry butt for 25 years. \u003cbr\u003eIt was bottled by Signatory Vintage in 2025. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is exactly the kind of colour we are after! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis Glen Grant shows deep fruit notes, followed by tobacco and polished oak. This is the kind of profile that best showcases Glen Grant’s elegant spirit well.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Glen Grant\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLight and apple fresh is the character which defines Glen Grant and this desire for delicacy has been present ever since ‘The Major’ [see below] took charge in the late 19th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Grant increased the original pair of stills to a quartet in the late 19th century. A new stillhouse with a further two were added in 1973 and another four installed there in 1977. In 1983, the old stillhouse was closed and two larger stills were put into the new stillhouse, giving the current complement of eight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeating has been equally convoluted. Everything was coal-fired until 1973, when gas was brought in to run the new stills. In 1983 however, all the wash stills were converted back to coal while the spirit side switched to steam. Today all are indirect fired. The effect? Hard to say, but there is some greater weight in older bottlings that suggests the effects of flame did have an influence on character. Certainly peat was used into the early ‘70s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe main driver of lightness however is the shape of the stills which have almost square boil bulbs (reminiscent of a WWII German soldier’s helmet) which increase copper surface significantly. They are also fitted with purifying chambers in the lyne arm which act as a pre-condenser, refluxing back heavy elements which are carried down a purifier pipe into the body of the still. Today most of the make is aged in ex-Bourbon and refill casks which accentuate this delicacy. The ex-Sherry casks which defined Glen Grant for many years are rarely seen at the distillery these days but remain the signature of the bottlings from Gordon \u0026amp; MacPhail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough it might seem self-aggrandising to name a valley after yourself, John and James Grant were men of substance. John, though a respected landowner, is suspected to have had some ‘previous’ when it came to whisky making at the start of the 19th century. His brother James however was a pillar of the community. An engineer by trade, he became Lord Provost [mayor] of Elgin. The brothers joined to build what was then a massive distillery in 1839. They were also far-sighted enough to realise that large-scale whisky production would flounder if transport links were not established. It was thanks to them (James in particular) that a rail line was built from Lossiemouth to Elgin, while in 1858 they paid personally for the extension of the route south to their base in Rothes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe estate around Glen Grant House continued to grow throughout the century eventually comprising a huge greenhouse complex and extensive formal gardens. Much of its splendour is thanks to the entrepreneurial actions of John’s son (also John, but best known as ‘The Major’) who took charge of the business in 1872.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA diminutive man who loved shooting large beasts in Africa, small birds and deer in Scotland and catching salmon in the Spey, he installed the first electric light seen in the area powered by turbines in the distillery, and is claimed to have had the first motor car in the Highlands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA dilettante? Not really for outwith his extra-curricular pleasures, The Major was an engineer like his uncle who deliberately designed a distillery which was different to others. It was he who installed the purifier pipes, designed the look and shape of the stills, and who had the foresight to start exporting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1898, with demand rising, The Major built a second distillery across the road from Glen Grant but like so many constructed at this time it closed soon after (in 1902). Its maltings – which are claimed to have been the first pneumatic malting drums in the Highlands continued to supply the needs of its sister plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally called Glen Grant No. 2, it was renamed Caperdonich when it re-opened in 1965. New make was run across from the stillhouse to Glen Grant via a pipe which spanned the thoroughfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough identical in design to the original and run in the same fashion, ‘Caper’ never made the same character as its sister. Sadly, it closed in 2002 and the site was bulldozed to make way for the ever-expanding Forsyth’s coppersmiths. Independent bottlings are relatively common and, somewhat inevitably, now that it has gone people have woken up to how good it actually was.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGlen Grant itself was one of the first whisky brands. You could find Glen Grant in Africa, Australia and the US in the late 19th century, a brand before the term had been invented.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1952, George Mackessack (The Major’s grandson) merged with the Smith Grants of The Glenlivet and in 1970 the firm joined with Longmorn\/Benriach. Eight years later, Seagram bought them all which ended the family involvement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Pernod Ricard took over Seagram’s whisky arm in 2001, Glen Grant was deemed legally surplus and in 2006 it was snapped up by Gruppo Campari. This is appropriate, as Glen Grant was the largest selling whisky (including blends) in the 1960s and the country remains the malt’s most significant market. With the Italian market focussing on young, light expressions, older bottlings have long been handled by Gordon \u0026amp; MacPhail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, Glen Grant is still run by master distiller Dennis Malcolm who was born at the distillery in 1946 and started working there in 1961.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Signatory Vintage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerthshire-based independent bottler and owner of Edradour distillery. Signatory is an independent bottler with a vigorous release policy, and usually some 50 different single malt expressions are available at any one time. Whiskies are bottled across a number of ranges, including the Un-chill Filtered Collection, the Cask Strength Collection and the Single Grain Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSignatory bottling, bonding and office facilities are located in a building adjacent to Edradour distillery, near Pitlochry in Perthshire, which the company also owns. Signatory Vintage Scotch Whisky was established in 1988 by Andrew Symington, who had previously managed the prestigious Prestonfield House Hotel in Edinburgh. The first cask bottled by Symington was a 1968 Sherry-cask-matured Glenlivet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSignatory was initially based in the Newhaven area of Edinburgh, where a bottling plant was developed, but in 2002 the firm acquired Edradour distillery from Pernod Ricard, and subsequently moved all of its operations north to the picturesque Perthshire location.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA new bottling plant and a warehousing complex were constructed, strictly in keeping with the vernacular architectural style which prevails at the much-visited and diminutive former farm distillery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e56.8% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glen Grant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54903983309125,"sku":"SIGGLGR2000SC#6","price":207.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/9495\/8661\/files\/SignatoryVintageGlenGrant25YearOld2000Symington_sChoiceSingleOlorosoButt_6SpeysideSingleMaltScotchWhisky_2025_70cl1.jpg?v=1749587771","url":"https:\/\/b1yyjg-bk.myshopify.com\/products\/glen-grant-25-year-old-2000-signatory-vintage-symingtons-choice-single-oloroso-sherry-butt-6-speyside-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2025-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation Old","version":"1.0","type":"link"}