Fifty years. One Vision.
To us, Glenmorangie has always been one of the great Highland whiskies - so when the challenge came to present their oldest release yet, we didn't hesitate.
Challenge
Glenmorangie asked us to house the oldest whisky they have ever released, distilled in the mid-1970s and matured for half a century, in something worth the wait.
Solve
Three years, fifty colours - each shade inspired by the whisky's own tasting notes, countless mold pieces, and 149 individually crafted porcelain vessels - a masterpiece built piece by piece, as unique as
the liquid inside it.
Credit
Glenmorangie's rarest release, presented in Pincus porcelain. Explore the vessels below
The Story
The Whisky
The oldest Glenmorangie ever released. Distilled in the mid-1970s in their signature tall copper stills, and patiently matured for five decades.
It began with some of the last batches of barley malted in Glenmorangie's own floor maltings, closed in 1977 - a rare taste of a bygone era. Laid down in bourbon hogshead casks and first-fill Oloroso sherry butts, the whisky spent its final twenty-five years married in a single refill hogshead, chosen for the gentlest possible wood influence.
Dark mahogany in colour, with a depth no younger whisky can claim.
On the nose, expect baked oranges, sultanas and nutmeg, lifted by a delicate herbal top note. To taste, it's gently peppery, with bold flavours of toffee, stewed Assam tea leaves, birch tar and oak tannin, leading into a long, lingering finish of aniseed, treacle toffee and eucalyptus.
This is more than a collaboration. It's a moment in history, captured in a unique partnership - a work of art, worth the wait.
When we first tasted the 50yo whisky, we travelled to the Distillery in the Scottish Highlands to experience it fully. Every one of the
fifty bespoke colours was born from that visit - drawn directly and inspired by the whisky's own tasting notes.
It took three years, and around 1,000 days, to bring the vision to life. We pioneered ceramic techniques never used before, testing
close to 100 different stains before settling on the fifty that could do the whisky's flavour justice.
We handcrafted 149 individual ceramic vessels, each one uniquely made to honor the exceptional whisky within - delicate to hold,
yet built to carry something this rare. Not 149 attempts at the same object - 149 originals, unified by a single idea.
A near impossible vision, from a modest sketch to a feat of craftsmanship. No shortcuts, only the long way round.
Arranged together, the 149 vessels form a single tessellated wall of art - Together in Spirit - a tribute to the craftsmanship
shared between two houses, and to every collector who becomes part of that story.
