Over the next two weeks we are going to feature some of the most expensive scotches around. Be sure to check back each day, as we will feature a different scotch.
8. Macallan 1928 / 50 Year old Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky
One of the first 50 year-old whiskies released, this was bottled in 1983 (making it in fact a 55 year-old) and is now extremely difficult-to-find. Famously collectable, this bottling was originally sold for £50, but has since broken the record auction price for malt whisky many times and remained the world’s most expensive whisky until a few years ago. A bona fide treasure for collectors. Martin Green of McTear’s auction house says two bottles of the 50-year-old Macallan have sold recently for £4,400 and £6,000 (or $8,700 and $11,900).
$11,900
Here are our previous selections.
9. Black Bowmore 1964
Only 5,812 bottles of this Islay treasure were produced. Bowmore describes what the price tag delivers: “On the palate, the concentration of flavors is mind boggling. They gently roll over the tongue like waves to the shore.”
$6000
10. Kinclaith 1969 Duncan Taylor
Dubbed “rarest of the rare” this very extraordinary single-cask whisky has a sweet apple aroma on the nose. Its palate is syrupy and rich, with flavors of candied fruit from which a sharp maltiness emerges.
$2,100
