April 2025 Auction

Daftmill 2007 Winter Batch Release 2019 / UK 

Daftmill is a farm distillery, owned and run by the Cuthbert family, who grow all of the barley used in their whisky on-site. The distillery is only operational during the farm's quiet periods in mid-summer and mid-winter, sometimes producing as few as 100 casks per year. The distillery was granted its license in 2005, but not in a hurry to rush out their product, it was 2018 before their inaugural release. This patience and dedication to their craft has won the distillery an army of passionate fans, among collectors and connoisseurs alike.

This Daftmill was distilled in 2007 and matured in a combination of seven first fill bourbon barrels. The spirit was distilled from Optic barley from the farm's South Fields, harvested in August 2006 and malted in Alloa in summer 2007. It was bottled in 2019 exclusively for the UK market.

One of 1,785 bottles.

Dalwhinnie 1980 Distillers Edition D.SC.312 / Inaugural Release

Dalwhinnie was one of the six original Classic Malts when they were selected by United Distillers (now Diageo) back in 1988, and it was tipped to become the favourite among consumers on account of its flawless floral flavours and elegant character. Although eventually pipped at the post by the smoky dark horse that was the Lagavulin 16 year old, it remains a well-loved single malt. The distillery is both the highest and coldest in Scotland, contributing to its unique flavour through the rapid condensing that occurs in its worm tubs.

The Distillers Edition range are cask finished variations on the Classic Malts. This is the earliest release of this double matured series from Dalwhinnie, finished in Oloroso sherry wood.

Daftmill 2009 Fife Strength 15 Year Old

Daftmill is a farm distillery, owned and run by the Cuthbert family, who grow all of the barley used in their whisky on-site. The distillery is only operational during the farm's quiet periods in mid-summer and mid-winter, sometimes producing as few as 100 casks per year. The distillery was granted its license in 2005, but not in a hurry to rush out their product, it was 2018 before their inaugural release. This patience and dedication to their craft has won the distillery an army of passionate fans, among collectors and connoisseurs alike.

This Daftmill was distilled in Winter 2009 and matured in nineteen first-fill bourbon barrels and one Pedro Ximenéz cask. It was bottled at Fife Strength in December 2024.

Daftmill 2009 Fife Strength 15 Year Old

Daftmill is a farm distillery, owned and run by the Cuthbert family, who grow all of the barley used in their whisky on-site. The distillery is only operational during the farm's quiet periods in mid-summer and mid-winter, sometimes producing as few as 100 casks per year. The distillery was granted its license in 2005, but not in a hurry to rush out their product, it was 2018 before their inaugural release. This patience and dedication to their craft has won the distillery an army of passionate fans, among collectors and connoisseurs alike.

This Daftmill was distilled in Winter 2009 and matured in nineteen first-fill bourbon barrels and one Pedro Ximenéz cask. It was bottled at Fife Strength in December 2024.

Dalmore 18 Year Old 

Dalmore is undoubtedly the prize single malt in the Whyte & Mackay portfolio. This was not always the case though. The blenders purchased it from the Mackenzie family in 1960, having been long-standing customers. Due to the long-running importance of it to their blends, their distillery bottlings of its single malt were limited to a 12 year old expression. Nowadays however, it is positioned as a luxury brand, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Macallan, and is globally recognised.

The 18 year old Dalmore was launched in 2009. It is initially matured for 14 years in American White oak bourbon casks, then finished in Matusalem Oloroso sherry casks for the final 4 year maturation.

Daftmill 2009 Fife Strength 15 Year Old

Daftmill is a farm distillery, owned and run by the Cuthbert family, who grow all of the barley used in their whisky on-site. The distillery is only operational during the farm's quiet periods in mid-summer and mid-winter, sometimes producing as few as 100 casks per year. The distillery was granted its license in 2005, but not in a hurry to rush out their product, it was 2018 before their inaugural release. This patience and dedication to their craft has won the distillery an army of passionate fans, among collectors and connoisseurs alike.

This Daftmill was distilled in Winter 2009 and matured in nineteen first-fill bourbon barrels and one Pedro Ximenéz cask. It was bottled at Fife Strength in December 2024.

Dallas Dhu 10 Year Old Gordon and MacPhail 1990s

A bottle of 10 year old Dallas Dhu, released by Gordon and MacPhail of Elgin.

In its time a key component of the Roderick Dhu blended Scotch, Dallas Dhu is a rarely seen single malt. As with much of the DCL (now Diageo) portfolio, the distillery was deemed surplus to requirements during the market downturn of the 1980s, and closed in 1983. It is now run as a distillery museum by Historic Environment Scotland. Very few official bottlings exist, and it is incredibly sought after when rare independent bottlings appear.

Daftmill 2009 Fife Strength 15 Year Old

Daftmill is a farm distillery, owned and run by the Cuthbert family, who grow all of the barley used in their whisky on-site. The distillery is only operational during the farm's quiet periods in mid-summer and mid-winter, sometimes producing as few as 100 casks per year. The distillery was granted its license in 2005, but not in a hurry to rush out their product, it was 2018 before their inaugural release. This patience and dedication to their craft has won the distillery an army of passionate fans, among collectors and connoisseurs alike.

This Daftmill was distilled in Winter 2009 and matured in nineteen first-fill bourbon barrels and one Pedro Ximenéz cask. It was bottled at Fife Strength in December 2024.

Dalmore Gran Reserva 1 Litre

Dalmore is undoubtedly the prize single malt in the Whyte & Mackay portfolio. This was not always the case though. The blenders purchased it from the Mackenzie family in 1960, having been long-standing customers. Due to the long-running importance of it to their blends, their distillery bottlings of its single malt were limited to a 12 year old expression. Nowadays however, it is positioned as a luxury brand, rubbing shoulder with the likes of Macallan, and is globally recognised.

Typically aged between 10 and 15 years and drawn from first fill casks, the Dalmore Gran Reserva contains whiskies from both Oloroso sherry butts and bourbon barrels, with a 2:1 ratio.  

The whisky is then married for a further six months in true Dalmore fashion.

Daftmill 2009 Fife Strength 15 Year Old

Daftmill is a farm distillery, owned and run by the Cuthbert family, who grow all of the barley used in their whisky on-site. The distillery is only operational during the farm's quiet periods in mid-summer and mid-winter, sometimes producing as few as 100 casks per year. The distillery was granted its license in 2005, but not in a hurry to rush out their product, it was 2018 before their inaugural release. This patience and dedication to their craft has won the distillery an army of passionate fans, among collectors and connoisseurs alike.

This Daftmill was distilled in Winter 2009 and matured in nineteen first-fill bourbon barrels and one Pedro Ximenéz cask. It was bottled at Fife Strength in December 2024.

Domaine de Charron 1995 Valinch and Mallet 27 Year Old Bas-Armagnac

This 1995 vintage Bas-Armagnac was bottled at 27 years old in 2022 by Valinch and Mallet.

One of 222 bottles from single cask #50.

Dailuaine 2008 SMWS 14 Year Old 41.157

'Pine Nut Croissants'

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) was founded in 1983 by a group of friends lead by tax accountant Phillip ‘Pip’ Hills as a private members club. The concept behind the society was to source casks from all over Scotland which would then be bottled and made available exclusively to its members. Perhaps the most famous feature of these bottles are the unique codes. Each distillery is represented by a different number and the following digits indicate that particular release. That same year, the SMWS set up its first location in Leith’s Vault buildings in Edinburgh where it still stands today.

This whisky was distilled on 7th May 2008 and aged in an ex-Oloroso cask with a finish in an ex-PX cask.

Dailuaine was at a time in the 19th century, Speyside's largest distillery, and it was home to Scotland's first pagoda roofed kiln. That distillery perished in a fire however, in 1917. The newly rebuilt distillery was acquired by DCL (now Diageo) who used its \"meaty\" spirit as a filler for their many blends. As with most of the single malt operations in the Diageo portfolio, the Flora & Fauna release was Dailuaine's first ever distillery bottling. Its single malt had been available in the form of independent releases like this in the preceding years though.

One of 554 bottles.

Delamain 1968 Petite Champagne Cognac

This Petite Champagne Cognac was distilled in 1968, transferred to the UK in 1970, and bottled for Averys of Bristol in 1994.

Delamain 1968 Petite Champagne Cognac

This Petite Champagne Cognac was distilled in 1968, transferred to the UK in 1970, and bottled for Averys of Bristol in 1994.

Daftmill 2009 Fife Strength 15 Year Old

Daftmill is a farm distillery, owned and run by the Cuthbert family, who grow all of the barley used in their whisky on-site. The distillery is only operational during the farm's quiet periods in mid-summer and mid-winter, sometimes producing as few as 100 casks per year. The distillery was granted its license in 2005, but not in a hurry to rush out their product, it was 2018 before their inaugural release. This patience and dedication to their craft has won the distillery an army of passionate fans, among collectors and connoisseurs alike.

This Daftmill was distilled in Winter 2009 and matured in nineteen first-fill bourbon barrels and one Pedro Ximenéz cask. It was bottled at Fife Strength in December 2024.

Dalwhinnie Lizzie's Dram

Dalwhinnie was one of the six original Classic Malts when they were selected by United Distillers (now Diageo) back in 1988, and it was tipped to become the favourite among consumers on account of its flawless floral flavours and elegant character. Although eventually pipped at the post by the smoky dark horse that was the Lagavulin 16 year old, it remains a well-loved single malt. The distillery is both the highest and coldest in Scotland, contributing to its unique flavour through the rapid condensing that occurs in its worm tubs.

A special bottling of Dalwhinnie, produced to honour Elizabeth Stewart who has worked at the distillery for thirty years and who was one of the first female operators in Scottish Malt Distilling. 

Dewar's 12 Year Old Pure Malt 1970s

An old vatted malt from the late 1970s, produced by John Dewar & Sons.

John Dewar & Sons were granted their first Royal Warrant by Queen Victoria in 1893, and it has been renewed by every monarch since then. The company opened the Aberfeldy distillery in 1898, and it remains the core constituent of its blends. The famous white label Scotch was debuted the following year. The company merged with James Buchanan & Co to form Dewar-Buchanan in 1915, before becoming part of DCL ten years later. It remained part of that empire until the formation of its modern iteration, Diageo, in 1997. The merger of United Distillers and Grand Metropolitan had brought too much of the industry under a sole parent organisation, and to satisfy anti-monopoly rulings, the Dewar's brands and distilleries were sold to Bacardi in 1998, who have breathed a new lease of life into many of them since.

Dewar's 12 Year Old Pure Malt 1970s

An old vatted malt from the late 1970s, produced by John Dewar & Sons.

John Dewar & Sons were granted their first Royal Warrant by Queen Victoria in 1893, and it has been renewed by every monarch since then. The company opened the Aberfeldy distillery in 1898, and it remains the core constituent of its blends. The famous white label Scotch was debuted the following year. The company merged with James Buchanan & Co to form Dewar-Buchanan in 1915, before becoming part of DCL ten years later. It remained part of that empire until the formation of its modern iteration, Diageo, in 1997. The merger of United Distillers and Grand Metropolitan had brought too much of the industry under a sole parent organisation, and to satisfy anti-monopoly rulings, the Dewar's brands and distilleries were sold to Bacardi in 1998, who have breathed a new lease of life into many of them since.

Dalmore 2009 Vintage

Dalmore is undoubtedly the prize single malt in the Whyte & Mackay portfolio. This was not always the case though. The blenders purchased it from the Mackenzie family in 1960, having been long-standing customers. Due to the long-running importance of it to their blends, their distillery bottlings of its single malt were limited to a 12 year old expression. Nowadays however, it is positioned as a luxury brand, rubbing shoulder with the likes of Macallan, and is globally recognised.

This Dalmore was distilled in 2009 and initally matured in American oak bourbon barrels, then finished in Matusalem sherry casks and Graham's Port casks. It was bottled in 2024.

Dalwhinnie 1988 Distillers Edition D.SK.312

Dalwhinnie was one of the six original Classic Malts when they were selected by DCL (now Diageo) back in 1988, and it was tipped to become the favourite among consumers on account of its flawless floral flavours and elegant character. Although eventually pipped at the post by the smoky dark horse that was the Lagavulin 16 year old, it remains a well-loved single malt. The distillery is both the highest and coldest in Scotland, contributing to its unique flavour through the rapid condensing that occurs in its worm tubs.  

Launched in 1997, the Distillers Edition range are cask finished variations on the Classic Malts. The Dalwhinnie variation is finished in Oloroso cask wood.

The D.SK.312 release was bottled in 2003.

Don Julio '1942' Anejo Tequila

A premium 100% blue weber agave anejo tequila from Don Jose in Mexico. Matured for a minimum of two and half years.

1942 Tequila is produced in small batches to pay tribute to the year that Don Julio González began his tequila-making journey.

Dumbarton 1987 '3006' 31 Year Old #25028

Dumbarton is a closed grain distillery, known for using American-style stainless steel columns rather than the traditional Coffey stills. Only using maize (instead of wheat or barley) meant that the spirit possessed quite a heavy character. Rarely bottled as a single grain, the overwhelming majority was used in the Ballantine’s blend. The distillery itself shut in 2002, and is now demolished.

This Dumbarton was distilled in March 1987 and matured for 31 years in single cask #25028. It was bottled and selected by independent Dutch bottlers, 3006 Whisky.

One of only 139 bottles.

Dalwhinnie 1998 Distillers Edition D.SW.312

Dalwhinnie was one of the six original Classic Malts when they were selected by DCL (now Diageo) back in 1988, and it was tipped to become the favourite among consumers on account of its flawless floral flavours and elegant character. Although eventually pipped at the post by the smoky dark horse that was the Lagavulin 16 year old, it remains a well-loved single malt. The distillery is both the highest and coldest in Scotland, contributing to its unique flavour through the rapid condensing that occurs in its worm tubs.  

Launched in 1997, the Distillers Edition range are cask finished variations on the Classic Malts. This is the second release of this double matured series from Dalwhinnie, and was finished in Oloroso cask wood.

Dalmore Cigar Malt Reserve

Dalmore is undoubtedly the prize single malt in the Whyte & Mackay portfolio. This was not always the case though. The blenders purchased it from the Mackenzie family in 1960, having been long-standing customers. Due to the long-running importance of it to their blends, their distillery bottlings of its single malt were limited to a 12 year old expression. Nowadays however, it is positioned as a luxury brand, rubbing shoulder with the likes of Macallan, and is globally recognised. 

The Dalmore Cigar Malt was introduced in 2002 by Whyte & Mackay master blended, Richard Paterson, as the ideal single malt companion to an after-dinner smoke. The product was discontinued in 2009, but thankfully returned in the form of this Dalmore Cigar Malt Reserve in 2012.

The Dalmore Cigar Malt Reserve is drawn from casks of three types: American white oak ex-bourbon casks, 30 year old Matusalem oloroso sherry butts and premier cru Cabernet Sauvignon wine barriques.

Daftmill 2007 Winter Batch Release 2019 / UK 

Daftmill is a farm distillery, owned and run by the Cuthbert family, who grow all of the barley used in their whisky on-site. The distillery is only operational during the farm's quiet periods in mid-summer and mid-winter, sometimes producing as few as 100 casks per year. The distillery was granted its license in 2005, but not in a hurry to rush out their product, it was 2018 before their inaugural release. This patience and dedication to their craft has won the distillery an army of passionate fans, among collectors and connoisseurs alike.

This Daftmill was distilled in 2007 and matured in a combination of seven first fill bourbon barrels. The spirit was distilled from Optic barley from the farm's South Fields, harvested in August 2006 and malted in Alloa in summer 2007. It was bottled in 2019 exclusively for the UK market.

One of 1,785 bottles.

Dailuaine 16 Year Old Flora and Fauna / Wooden Box

Following on from the successful introduction of the Classic Malts range in 1988 (at the time only six expressions), United Distillers sought to build on this by releasing a further 22 single malts in 1991. These became affectionately known as the Flora & Fauna series, a term coined by whisky writer, Michael Jackson, in reference to their labels. The range showcased the lesser-seen distilleries from the company’s extensive portfolio at the time, with the intent of using collective branding to help them raise each other’s profiles. Despite four further additions in 2001, only a handful of these are still permanent distillery bottlings, making it a highly collectible series.

Dailuaine was at a time, in the 19th century, Speyside's largest distillery, and it was home to Scotland's first pagoda roofed kiln. That distillery perished in a fire however, in 1917. The newly rebuilt distillery was acquired by DCL (now Diageo) who used its \"meaty\" spirit as a filler for one of their many blends. As with many Diageo of the single malt operations in the Diageo portfolio, the Flora & Fauna release was Dailuaine's first ever distillery bottling. Despite being a fan favourite, this is still the only permanent official bottling available from the distillery.

Deanston Festival Edition 2013

Deanston distillery opened in 1965, and its first single malt was called in Old Bannockburn, first bottled in 1971. Invergordon Distillers procured the distillery two years later, and introduced the first Deanston-named single malt in 1974. Sadly, a lack of interest in it saw the distillery mothballed in 1982, and it was not until 1990 when it was procured by Burn Stewart that it was revived and began to flourish. Now part of the Distell group, Deanston has become a global single malt brand. 

This was the first Deanston Festival Edition bottling, released for the distillery's very first whisky festival in 2013.

One of 312 bottles. 

Dalmore Cigar Malt Reserve 1 Litre

Dalmore is undoubtedly the prize single malt in the Whyte & Mackay portfolio. This was not always the case though. The blenders purchased it from the Mackenzie family in 1960, having been long-standing customers. Due to the long-running importance of it to their blends, their distillery bottlings of its single malt were limited to a 12 year old expression. Nowadays however, it is positioned as a luxury brand, rubbing shoulder with the likes of Macallan, and is globally recognised. 

The Dalmore Cigar Malt was introduced in 2002 by Whyte & Mackay master blended, Richard Paterson, as the ideal single malt companion to an after-dinner smoke. The product was discontinued in 2009, but thankfully returned in the form of this Dalmore Cigar Malt Reserve in 2012.

The Dalmore Cigar Malt Reserve is drawn from casks of three types: American white oak ex-bourbon casks, 30 year old Matusalem oloroso sherry butts and premier cru Cabernet Sauvignon wine barriques.

Daftmill 2010 Winter Batch Release 2023

Daftmill is a farm distillery, owned and run by the Cuthbert family, who grow all of the barley used in their whisky on-site. The distillery is only operational during the farm's quiet periods in mid-summer and mid-winter, sometimes producing as few as 100 casks per year. The distillery was granted its license in 2005, but not in a hurry to rush out their product, it was 2018 before their inaugural release. This patience and dedication to their craft has won the distillery an army of passionate fans, among collectors and connoisseurs alike.

Released in 2023, this Daftmill was matured in 25 first-fill bourbon barrels filled in November and December of 2010. 

One of 6,550 bottles.

Davidoff XO Cognac

This a premium offering from Cognac Davidoff, which is owned by Hine.

The XO (Extra Old) age statement indicates that the youngest element in this blend has been aged for ten years, as of April 2018. 

Dufftown 2008 Thompson Brothers 16 Year Old

Dufftown was built in 1896, becoming part of the Arthur Bell & Sons portfolio in 1933. As with Blair Athol, Dufftown was regularly bottled as a single malt, despite its importance to the Bell's blends. When the company was bought by Guinness in 1985, these bottlings stopped, but a Dufftown distillery bottling returned in 1991 as part of United Distillers’ Flora & Fauna series, later becoming part of The Singleton stable. Prior to the construction of Roseisle, Dufftown was Diageo's largest distillery.

This Dufftown was distilled in April 2008 and matured in a single Oloroso hogshead for 16 Years. It was bopttled by The Thompson Brothers in 2024.

The Thompson Brothers began their whisky bottling in enterprise in 2013, establishing the Black Isle Whisky Company in their native Dornoch. The brothers, Simon and Philip, renamed the operation as the Dornoch Distilling Company in 2015, opening the Dornoch distillery the following year. In addition to distilling their own whisky, their independent bottlings continue to flourish, with many exceptional tasting and fantastically labelled single malts and rums released under the Thompson Bros banner.

One of 218 bottles.

Daftmill 2010 Winter Batch Release 2023

Daftmill is a farm distillery, owned and run by the Cuthbert family, who grow all of the barley used in their whisky on-site. The distillery is only operational during the farm's quiet periods in mid-summer and mid-winter, sometimes producing as few as 100 casks per year. The distillery was granted its license in 2005, but not in a hurry to rush out their product, it was 2018 before their inaugural release. This patience and dedication to their craft has won the distillery an army of passionate fans, among collectors and connoisseurs alike.

Released in 2023, this Daftmill was matured in 25 first-fill bourbon barrels filled in November and December of 2010. 

One of 6,550 bottles.