The Connoisseurs Choice range was introduced in 1968 by legendary whisky figure ‘Mr George’ Urquhart of Gordon & MacPhail as one of the first and most important ranges of independent single malt whiskies. In 2018, as part of the celebrations for the range’s 50th Anniversary, Gordon & MacPhail introduced the Connoisseurs Choice Upper Range, a new series of prestige Connoisseurs Choice bottlings.

The Connoisseurs Choice Upper Range are distinguished from the other CC releases by their squat, short-necked bottles and wooden box packaging. The Upper Range has been designed to showcase some of the rarest and oldest casks from Gordon & MacPhail’s incredible Elgin warehouses. To this end, the vast majority of the Upper Range Connoisseurs Choice bottlings are over 30 years of age and most have been single casks released at their full natural cask strength.