January 2018 Auction

Bisquit Cohiba Cognac Extra Grand Champagne​

A grand Champagne Cognac Extra produced by renowned house, Bisquit in collaboration with super premium cigar brand Cohiba.

Packaged in a cigar box style presentation box.

Bruichladdich 1990 Sherry Cask 25 Year Old

This 1990 vintage Bruichladdich was conceived from two distinct batches of Islay whisky. One matured in first fill Bourbon for 17 Years, a French Wine Cask for 5 Years, and PX Sherry cask's for 4 years. The second batch was matured in a refill sherry butt for 18 years before being finished in Oloroso Sherry casks for a remaining 7 years.

Only 6000 were produced.

Bruichladdich 1990 Sherry Cask 25 Year Old

This 1990 vintage Bruichladdich was conceived from two distinct batches of Islay whisky. One matured in first fill Bourbon for 17 Years, a French Wine Cask for 5 Years, and PX Sherry cask's for 4 years. The second batch was matured in a refill sherry butt for 18 years before being finished in Oloroso Sherry casks for a remaining 7 years.

Only 6000 were produced.

Bruichladdich 1990 Sherry Cask 25 Year Old

This 1990 vintage Bruichladdich was conceived from two distinct batches of Islay whisky. One matured in first fill Bourbon for 17 Years, a French Wine Cask for 5 Years, and PX Sherry cask's for 4 years. The second batch was matured in a refill sherry butt for 18 years before being finished in Oloroso Sherry casks for a remaining 7 years.

Only 6000 were produced, this is bottle number 4945.

Buchanan's De Luxe 1970s 2 x 75cl​

A fantastic presentation box of Buchanan's from the 1970's.

Amerigo Sagna import for the Italian market.

Balblair 1986 Gordon and MacPhail Single Cask

Distilled in December 1986 and bottled in January 2017, matured in refill sherry hogshead number 12649 at over 30 years old!

One of 48 bottles.  

Teaninich 1972 Rare Malt 27 Year Old / 64.2%

Released at natural cask strength of 64.20%.

Distilled 1972 and bottled October 2000.

Bottle No. 2663. 

Ballantine's 30 Year Old 1980s / Spirit Import

A 30 year old Ballantines, the oldest whisky released in the Ballantine's range

Aged Ballantine's are highly acclaimed with a number of their releases winning international awards for spirits.

Spirit import for the Italian market.

Bowmore 25 Year Old 

A recent bottling of 25 year old from Bowmore, Islay's oldest distillery. 

Bowmore 12 Year Old 1980s / includes Water Jug

The classic dumpy (brown) bottle of Bowmore 12 year old, circa 1980s.

Produced by Morrison Bowmore.

Lot includes a branded Bowmore water jug.

Tomintoul 1981 Single Cask #5985​

A rare official single cask Tomintoul, distilled on 30th October 1981 and bottled from single bourbon cask #5985 on 6th October 2014.

This is bottle number 39 of 196.

Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye 2016 Release

Released within the famous and eagerly awaited Buffalo Trace Antique Collection.

In recent years, due to the supply shortage of bourbon, rye whiskeys - including those of Thomas H. Handy - have both become increasingly popular, and then increasingly harder to get hold of.  Particularly so after the T.H. Handy Sazerac Straight Rye Whiskey 2011 release was named Jim Murray's \"Whisky of the Year!\"

The 2016 bottling features 61 hand-picked barrels which were filled in the spring of 2010 at 125 Proof (62.5%), with the whiskey drawn in autumn 2016 after 6 years and 3 months of ageing at 126.2 Proof (63.1%) and bottled unfiltered.  The malt bill features Minnesota Rye, Grade #1 and #2 Kentucky corn and North Dakota malted barley.

Blair Athol 23 Year Old 2017 Release

A 23 year old Blair Athol, distilled in 1993 and bottled at cask strength as part of Diageo's 2017 special releases.

One of 5514 bottles.

Balvenie 8 Year Old Pure Malt 1970s / Including Miniature​

A stunning old bottling of Balvenie over 8 years old, bottled during the 1970s.  The label has a distinctive leather-effect feel.

Bunnahabhain 1976 Creative Whisky Co 31 Year Old / WWW Falster 2008​

Distilled in 1976 at the Islay distillery of Bunnahabhain, this was matured for an impressive 31 years.

Bottled by the Creative Whisky Co for the WWW Falster event in 2008, organised by the Danish Maltwhisky Academy.

Talisker 25 Year Old 2007 Release

Released within Diageo's 'Superpremium' editions, Talisker 25 year old has been bottled a number of times, this particular bottle is from the 2007 release.

Bottle number 1494 of 6894 bottles. 

Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder's Reserve Cognac Bottle 1 Litre​

The iconic long discontinued cognac shaped bottle of Balvenie Founder's Reserve 1 litre

Talisker 30 Year Old 2015 Release

Released in 2015, this is a 30 year old Talisker limited to just 3912 bottles.

Bottle number 902.

Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye 2017 Release

Released within the famous and eagerly awaited Buffalo Trace Antique Collection.

In recent years, due to the supply shortage of bourbon, rye whiskeys - including those of Thomas H. Handy - have both become increasingly popular, and then increasingly harder to get hold of.  Particularly so after the T.H. Handy Sazerac Straight Rye Whiskey 2011 release was named Jim Murray's \"Whisky of the Year!\"

Balvenie 17 Year Old Sherry Oak First Edition 2007 Release

The first release of their popular 17 year old Sherry Oak.

Teaninich 1973 Rare Malt 23 Year Old / 57.1%

The Rare Malt Selection is a historic selection of single malt whiskies from operational and lost distilleries that were released by Diageo between 1995 and 2005.

Distilled in 1973 and matured for 23 years. 

Bowmore 25 Year Old Small Batch Release

A recent bottling of 25 year old from Bowmore, Islay's oldest distillery. 

Matured in American bourbon and Spanish sherry casks. 

Bruichladdich 1986 Valinch 100th Anniversary of Alfred Barnard's Distillery Visit

A very rare limited edition Valinch, distilled on the 100th Anniversary of Alfred BArnard's visit to Bruichladdich distillery as part of his epic tour of the distilleries of Ireland and the Uk between 1885-1886.

The bottling was carefully selected by Jim McEwan and whisky writer Malcolm Greenwood on the morning of Friday 10th August 2001. The presentation set includes a book by the latter.

Book and bottle are numbers 96 of 150.

Bowmore 26 Year Old The Vintner's Trilogy II / French Oak Barrique

Bowmore 26 Year Old French Oak Barrique has been aged for 13 years in ex-Bourbon barrels before spending an additional 13 years in wine barriques.

Part of the Vintner's Trilogy which also boasts a Manzanilla cask finished 18 year old, and a 27 year old port cask.

Balvenie 1977 15 Year Old Single Barrel

An older edition of Balvenie's classic single barrel series, a 15 year old single malt (technically this Malt is 17 years old) which is drawn from a single traditional oak whisky cask of a single distillation. While every cask is subtly different, The Balvenie Malt Master has selected only casks which have the essential characteristics of The Balvenie Single Barrel.

Distilled on 9th of December 1977 and bottled from cask #12046 on the 15th March 1994, this is bottle number 82.

Blair Athol 15 Year Old Manager's Dram 1996

The Manager’s Dram series of whiskies were bottled exclusively for employees of what is now known as Diageo. 

These whiskies were selected by the respective distillery managers within Diageo malt distilling and bottled at natural cask strength.

This particular release from Blair Athol is 15 year old, bottled in 1996 by distillery manager Gordon Donoghue.

Bowmore 2000 Feis Ile 2007

Distilled on the 9th February 2000, Bowmore's 2007 Feis Ile release was matured in a First Fill Sherry cask and bottled at cask strength. 

One of only 700 bottles.

Balmenach 1975 Gordon and MacPhail

A Balmenach distilled in 1975 and bottled in 2007 by Gordon and MacPhail.

Bunnahabhain 1980 The Whisky Agency 33 Year Old​

Distilled in 1980 and matured for 33 years before being bottled in 2013 from The Whisky Agency's private stock.

One of only 109 bottled from an ex-sherry butt.

Blair Athol 1988 Cadenhead's 29 Year Old​

Distilled in 1988 matured in two bourbon hogsheads for 29 years before being bottled in 2017.

One of 90 bottles

Ben Nevis 1998 Single Cask 15 Year Old​

Distilled on 23rd June 1998 and matured in a single sherry butt before being bottled in 2013 from single cask #586.

One of 595 bottles.

Presented in a wooden box.

Balvenie Tun 1509 Batch #2

Another 'Tun' release from Balvenie following the footsteps of Balvenie Tun 1401 and 1858.

This larger Tun can hold up to four times as much liquid as Tun 1401 and hence we expect a larger quantity of this release.  This release is a combination of 32 casks, 23 traditional American oak barrels and 9 European oak sherry butts, these were married in tun 1509 for several months before bottling.

One of 8500 bottles.