Macallan whiskey most expensive2/20/2023 To commemorate this significant event, a small number of exclusive bottle sets were also produced. The bottle design includes Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Dr Geoff Wilson, Karen Darke MBE, Olly Hicks, Sarah Outen MBE, Dwayne Fields, Levison Wood, Felicity Aston MBE and past Scottish Adventurers of the Year Jamie Ramsay and Will Copestake. The Intrepid is named in honour of the record-breaking achievements of 11 of the world’s most pioneering explorers who are featured on the bottle. They will become the owners of an exclusive 32-year-old single malt Scotch from what is widely regarded as one of the world’s best distilleries, The Macallan.”įor any amount the sale achieves above £1.3m (US$1.6m), a quarter will be donated to the Marie Curie charity. “Bidders will have the chance to buy a piece of Scotch whisky history. The auctioneer said The Intrepid could break the world record for the most expensive bottle of whisky sold at auction, which is currently documented at US$1.9 million for a Macallan 1926 bottle.Ĭolin Fraser of Lyon & Turnbull, who will lead the auction, said: “I’m sure there will be significant global interest in the auction of The Intrepid, a unique collection spearheaded by the record-breaking bottling standing at an incredible 5ft 11 inches tall. The record was previously set by a 228-litre bottle of The Famous Grouse whisky in 2012.Īfter maturing in two sister casks at The Macallan’s Speyside warehouse for 32 years, the 43% ABV liquid was bottled last year by independent bottler Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky. The 5ft11 vessel contains the equivalent of 444 standard 700ml bottles. The Intrepid was officially certified by Guinness World Records in September 2021. The Intrepid is the world’s biggest whisky bottle at 180.3cmĮdinburgh-based auction house Lyon & Turnball will offer the bottle, named The Intrepid, during a live online sale at 12pm GMT on 25 May. The 22-year-old dram was also the most valuable per bottle cask sold in auction, with 310 bottles – each valued at HK$11,064 (S$2,000) – expected to be produced from it.The world’s largest Scotch whisky bottle, containing 311 litres of a 32-year-old Macallan single malt, will go under the hammer at the end of May. “It was last seen at Fortnum & Mason in London in 1999,” he added.Īnother notable mention is the 1996 American Hogshead Cask from Macallan, which went under the hammer for HK$3,430,000 (S$600,000) at Bonhams Hong Kong last November, setting a world auction record for a whisky cask. Tim Triptree MW, Christie’s international director of wine, said the Macallan distillery was initially unsure that the bottle still existed. Of the 40 bottles produced, only 12 had their labels designed by British artist Sir Peter Blake, who is known for creating cover art for The Beatles, Eric Clapton, and The Who.Ī month later at Christie’s London, the Macallan 1926 made headlines again: A single bottle with a label of Macallan’s Easter Elchies House painted by Irish artist Michael Dillon sold for £1.2 million (S$2,100,000), a new world auction record for a bottle of whisky. The Macallan 1926, which spent a six-decade slumber in a sherry cask, is the distillery’s oldest vintage.
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