Glen Grant The Major's Reserve - Old Label bottled in 2010s (70cl, 40%)
Old Label of the Major’s Reserve, Glen Grant’s entry level no age statement bottling, named after James Grant. He is of the second generation and passed away in 1931. He had the nickname The Major, was very well travelled and brought back plants and flowers from all corners of the world, thus creating the famous botanical garden at the Glen Grant distillery. The Major’s Reserve is very light and friendly and matured on ex-bourbon casks.
Glen Grant is one of Speyside's most recognised distilleries. It was built in 1839 by James and John Grant, and was a huge facility for its time. Its size increased exponentially over time, in the hands of John's son, John "The Major" Grant (who also built the short-lived Caperdonich next-door), and twice in the 1970s following the merger with The Glenlivet Distillers and its subsequent takeover by Seagram. Glen Grant was bottled as a single malt as early as the late-19th century, and developed a global export market. None perhaps as important as in Italy, where their agent in the 1960s, Armando Giovinetti, turned it into the nation's favourite whisky, after discovering the palate preferences of his countrymen for very young single malts. So loved is Glen Grant in Italy, that the distillery is now owned by Gruppo Campari, who bought it from Pernod Ricard in 2006.