House of Hazelwood has released the 2026 Charles Gordon Collection, a quartet of rare Scotch whiskies ranging from 45 to 48 years old, with prices from £3,200 to £4,000. The collection includes the brand’s first peated blended Scotch and an extremely rare 1977 single grain distilled at Girvan, with all four expressions limited to fewer than 300 bottles each worldwide.
The four new bottlings are A Different World (1977 Single Grain), The Silent Partner (47-Year-Old Blended Scotch), A Fond Farewell (46-Year-Old Blended Malt), and An Organised Whole (45-Year-Old Blended Malt).
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The release follows what the brand described as exceptional global demand for its first three collections. Eight previous bottlings, including Blended at Birth, The First Drop, A Singular Blend, and The Unknown, have sold out entirely.
“Each one of these remarkable releases tells a story that could only belong to the House of Hazelwood — decades of patience, tradition, and quiet innovation bottled in their purest form,” said Jonathan Gibson, director of House of Hazelwood.
A Different World is a 1977 Single Grain Scotch Whisky bottled at 57.2% ABV after 48 years in a single first-fill sherry butt. Only 219 bottles are available at £3,200. The whisky was distilled at Girvan on the distillery’s original “one apps” still from a maize base, a method and raw material no longer used at the site.
The brand states that an unusual off-take point during distillation produced pronounced green notes in the new-make spirit, which developed over nearly five decades into what it calls a distinctive thyme character.
Official tasting notes from the brand describe “a wonderfully subtle sherry character, notes of thyme and a pleasing sherbet sweetness” on the nose, with a palate that is “rich, oaky, and delicately spiced.”
The Silent Partner is a 47-Year-Old Blended Scotch Whisky at 46.7% ABV, limited to 228 bottles at £3,300. It marks the first peated blended Scotch in the House of Hazelwood range. The blend combines sweet Lowland grain whisky with Highland malts matured in American and European oak, with peat influence from a Highland distillery that was still using traditional peat-drying methods throughout the 1970s.
Official tasting notes from the brand highlight “a heather blossom sweetness and a fragrant bouquet of dried summer flowers” on the nose, with “a gentle whisper of smoke” on the palate.
A Fond Farewell is a 46-Year-Old Blended Malt at 43.8% ABV, with 252 bottles priced at £4,000. It is the most expensive expression in the collection. The whisky draws exclusively from the Gordon family’s “Hogmanay casks,” which were filled each New Year’s Eve during the 1970s. That tradition has since ceased, making the remaining stock finite.
Official tasting notes from the brand describe “a sticky jam quality with a sprinkle of brown sugar, wafts of treacle scone, Dundee cake and a hint of spiced ginger wine.”
An Organised Whole is a 45-Year-Old Blended Malt at 47.3% ABV, limited to 267 bottles at £3,200. It combines varying Highland distillery profiles matured in both hogsheads and sherry butts.
“As with the previous collections, these are the most compelling whiskies that the Gordon family inventory has to offer — a bridge between the past and the present, each parcel remarkable by virtue of its character, its history, or its method of production,” Gibson added. “The 2026 Collection captures the essence of what makes House of Hazelwood unique: it celebrates both the delicate interplay between cask and spirit and the courage to wait.”
House of Hazelwood is rooted in the Gordon family’s practice of laying down whisky stocks over nearly a century for special occasions and personal consumption. The collection takes its name from Hazelwood House, the family’s home in Dufftown, in the heart of Speyside. The inventory spans seven decades and sources from distilleries across Scotland, and the brand describes it as the greatest inventory of aged Scotch whisky held anywhere in the world.
All four expressions in the 2026 Charles Gordon Collection are available through houseofhazelwood.com.
