2023-11-19 17:16:00
The bottle would have been sold for 2.5 million euros during an auction this Saturday, November 18, 2023 in London. Considered the most precious whiskey in the world, this bottle of The Macallan Adami 1926 might be one of the last in its series.
During an auction this Saturday, November 18 in London, a 75 cl bottle of whiskey was purchased at the price of 2,187,500 pounds sterling, or 2.5 million euros, beating the 2019 record held by the Sotheby’s auction house.
Only 40 bottles produced
Distilled in 1926, this Scottish whiskey was bottled sixty years later following maturation in oak barrels. Nicknamed the “Holy Grail of whisky”, this 75 cl bottle of Macallan n°263 is the distillery’s oldest vintage. Only 40 bottles were produced.
Sotheby’s had published an estimate of between £750,000 and £1.2 million for this bottle, whose cork and capsule were replaced this year by the distillery. This whiskey (42.8°) comes from Macallan cask no. 263, of which only 40 bottles were produced. One of them, 70 cl, was sold for nearly 1.5 million pounds (around 1.7 million euros) in 2019, beating the previous record established the previous year by a bottle from the same barrel, according to Parisian.
One of the last bottles of its lineage
This bottle of Macallan 1926 is said to be the most expensive bottle of wine and spirits in the world to this day. Estimated between 750,000 and 1.2 million pounds sterling by Sotheby’s, this whiskey was tasted a month ago: “It’s the same liquid” but with “a different label”, explained Jonny Foyle, whiskey manager. at Sotheby’s.
“It’s the most expensive and valuable whiskey in the world for a long time,” he said before describing a “very rich” taste with lots of “dried fruit,” “spice” and Of wood”.
As reported Capitalthis bottle might be the last in a series of twelve with a label designed by the Italian painter Valerio Adami in 1993. One of them was also destroyed during an earthquake in Japan.
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