July 2015 Auction

Old Elgin 50 Year Old

Distilled in the Winter of 1940 and matured for 50 years prior to being bottled in \"The Whisky Capital of Scotland\" Elgin. 

This is a 50 year old Speyside single malt, Gordon and MacPhail have bottled Macallan, Glenlivet and Mortlach from this era. This may be one of them but it may not be. 

Bottle number 062. 

Please note the low fill level and that this bottle has a fragile wax seal. 

Hanyu 2000 ‘The Game’

This is a bottle from a Japanese food and spirits importer called Shinanoya exclusively for the Japanese market.

In 2012 at the Tokyo Whisky Festival, Shinanoya presented this new bottling of Hanyu 2000, bottled for their 5th Anniversary. This is the third release in their acclaimed The Game series which contains Hanyu from the final year that the distillery was producing.

The spirit has been finished for three and a half years in an highly unusual hogshead with Red Oak ends. Red Oak (Quercus Rubra) is rarely used for whisky casks because the wood has very open pores in the growth rings so casks have a tendency to leak.

Bottle number 132 of 309.

Highland Park 40 Year Old

First released in April 2008, this is a delicious older offering from Scotland's Northern most distillery. 

The packaging is exquisite with glassware produced by Stölzle Flaconnage and a beautifully crafted wooden box produced by Mount Gabriel.

Please note tax stickers and condition of box. 

Highland Park Valhalla Collection / Thor / Loki / Freya / Odin 4 x 70cl

Thor, Loki, Freya and Odin... together at last! 

The Complete collection. 

• Thor is a 16 year old limited to 23,000 bottles.  52.1%
• Loki is a 15 Year old limited to 21,000 bottles.  48.7%
• Freya is a 15 year old limited to 19,000 bottles.  51.2%
• Odin is a 16 year old limited to 17,000 bottles.  55.8%

Please be aware an additional shipping charge may be applied for this product depending on location. 

Hanyu Ichiro's Malt The Joker 'Colour'

The 54th and final bottling in Ichiro's Card Series.

There are two Joker's released to complete the 54 bottle series, one in colour and one in Black and White.  This particular bottling is the Colour Joker, a vatting of 14 casks covering vintages from 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991 and 2000.  The casks used for this final bottling include a sherry butt, puncheon, hogshead, Cognac, chibidaru, Madeira hogshead and bourbon.

Only 3,690 bottles of this highly anticipated whisky have been made available.

This is bottle number 3335 of 3,690.

Highland Park 1977 Bicentenary / Japanese Edition

The 21 year old bicentenary release was thought to be sold out in 1997, however in 2008 they discovered hundreds of bottles in a Japanese warehouse. 

A quick repackage later and this fantastic bottling was released. 

Bottle number 2542. 

Hibiki 17 and 21  Year Old Mount Fuji 1st Edition

To Commemorate Mount Fuji the highest peak in Japan getting added to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List in 2013, Suntory released this special edition. 

The Hibiki whose bottle always has  24 facets representing the 24 seasons of the Japanese lunar calendar has been redecorated with a painting of a scenic view of Mount Fuji. 

This lot comprises a bottle of the 17 and 21 year old within this limited edition bottle and packaging design.

Please note postage for two bottles will apply.

Highland Park 1974 34 Year Old Ambassadors Cask #5

The fifth single cask release from Highland Park within the Ambassador Cask series, a range where brand ambassador Gerry Tosh selected the best casks. 

Cask #8845, distilled in July 1974, matured in a refill sherry hogshead and then bottled 34 years later at 41.5%

One of only 228 bottles.

Hibiki 17 and 21 Year Old Kacho Fugetsu Edition

Kacho Fugetsu is the Japanese Kanji for Flowers, Birds, Breeze, and Lunar. This bottle is designed to embody the beauty of Japanese nature.

The Hibiki bottle always has  24 facets representing the 24 seasons of the Japanese lunar calendar. The bottle and box are then decorated by chrysanthemum flowers and Crane birdsA very well presented highly limited blend. 

Please note postage for two bottles will apply.

Hanyu 2000 ‘Final Vintage’ #6093

A single cask bottling from Hanyu's final year of production.

Bottle 150 of 349.

Highland Park 1967

Bottled in 1991 this is a fantastic example of Highland Park distilled in the 1960s, presented in this attractive black box inlaid with a map of the Orkney isles.

Only 2,000 of the 1967 Highland Park were released.

Highland Park Eunson's Legacy

This bottle was released in 1998 to celebrate the distillery's bicentenary. Entitled 'The Dram the Team built' the Eunson's Legacy was only given to employees of Highland Park and the Highland Distillers at the time.

Named after Magnus Eunson, the founder of Highland Park distillery. 

Bottle number 50.

Please note the minor rust on the lid. 

Hanyu 2000 Final Vintage 10 Year old

A bottling from Hanyu's final year of production

Unlike the other bottle produced in the final era, this is not single cask but a vatting of sherry, hogshead and puncheon casks.

Hillside 1971 Rare Malt 25 Year Old

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.

Hillside, more widely known as Glen Esk released a handful of Rare Malt bottlings, two of them were released in Europe from 1970 and 1971 as 25 years old.

This particular bottle was distilled in 1971 and bottled as a 25 year old in September 1997. 

Bottle number 4766.

Highland Park Ragnvald

The premium offering from Highland Park within their legendary Warrior series.

Matured in a combination of European oak and American oak.

Please note the latch on the box is broken. 

Highland Park 1974 32 Year Old Saybrex International Single Cask

Distilled in 1974 and matured for 32 years in single cask number 14785. 

This release was for Saybrex International Inc, a global distribution comapny for wines and spirits. 

Please note condition of the box. 

Highland Park Thor 16 Year Old

The first in Highland Park's Valhalla series released in 2012 which also comprises of  the Loki and Freya released over the next two consecutive years.

This 16 year old Highland Park is a limited edition of 23,000 bottles.  

Chichibu 2009 SMWS 4 Year Old 130.1

A Chichibu distilled in June 2009 and matured in a first fill ex-bourbon barrel. 

\"Dynamic and attractive\"

One of 227 bottles.

Coleburn 1978 Cadenhead's 19 Year Old

This Coleburn was distilled in March 1978 and bottled in February 1998. 

Highland Park Earl Haakon 18 Year Old Third Edition

This is the third edition of the Earls series, which featured the Earl Magnus and Saint Magnus. This is an 18 year old Highland Park bottled at cask strength.

Comes with a fully illustrated leaflet telling the tale of Haakon. The original two bottlings in the Magnus collection celebrated the influential 11th century Earl who was canonised 20 years after his untimely death. He was murdered by Haakon, his treacherous cousin, who's infamy was celebrated with this third and final release.

One of 3300 bottles.

Heaven Hill Cadenhead's 17 Year Old

17 years in a \"bourbon barrel\" to be bottled for Cadenhead's in July 2014. 

One of 126 bottles. 

Highland Park 1977 Bicentenary

This 1977 vintage Highland Park was bottled as part of the commemoration towards Highland Park’s bicentenary year in 1998.

Bottle number 12,368 of 15,000.

Please note there is rust on the lid. 

Highland Park Odin 16 Year Old

The last in Highland Park's Valhalla series released in 2015 which also comprises of  the Thor, Loki and Freya released one per year over the last three years.

This 16 year old Highland Park is a limited edition of 17,000 bottles.  

Highland Park Odin 16 Year Old

The last in Highland Park's Valhalla series released in 2015 which also comprises of  the Thor, Loki and Freya released one per year over the last three years.

This 16 year old Highland Park is a limited edition of 17,000 bottles.  

Highland Park Odin 16 Year Old

The last in Highland Park's Valhalla series released in 2015 which also comprises of  the Thor, Loki and Freya released one per year over the last three years.

This 16 year old Highland Park is a limited edition of 17,000 bottles.  

Caol Ila 1975 Rare Malt 20 year old 75cl

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 1975 and bottled in 1995 as a 20 year old, there were eight releases of Caol Ila under the Rare Malt Selection.  

Bottle number 11719.

75cl

Please note condition of box. 

Hibiki 17 Year Old Mount Fuji Limited Edition

To Commemorate Mount Fuji the highest peak in Japan getting added to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List in 2013, Suntory released this special edition. 

The Hibiki whose bottle always has  24 facets representing the 24 seasons of the Japanese lunar calendar has been redecorated with a painting of a scenic view of Mount Fuji. 

Hazelwood Centennial Reserve

A very rare bottling of Hazelwood, this time as a blended malt released to celebrate Janet Sheed Robert's 100th birthday.  

The Master Blender of William Grant's selected 90 casks Janet's 90th birthday further 10 casks were added for her 100th to create a new limited release of 2001 bottles.

Hibiki 17 Year Old / Kacho Fugetsu Limited Edition

Kacho Fugetsu is the Japanese Kanji for Flowers, Birds, Breeze, and Lunar. This bottle is designed to embody the beauty of Japanese nature.

The Hibiki bottle always has  24 facets representing the 24 seasons of the Japanese lunar calendar. The bottle and box are then decorated by chrysanthemum flowers and Crane birds

A very well presented highly limited blend. 

Hibiki 21 Year Old

Hibiki 21 year old is a very popular and stunning blend produced by Suntory.  Here is a hint of it's success (here are a few) -

• Whisky Bible 2014 - 96 points!
• Word Whisky Awards 2010
• International Wine Spirit Challenge 2011
• Whisky Bible Awards 2012 - Japanese Whisky of the Year
• World Whisky Awards 2012 - Best Japanese Whisky over 21 

Chivas Regal 18 Year Old Christian Lacroix Edition

This what happens when you let a talented fashion designer at an icon of whisky... Christian Lacroix has designed this limited edition Chivas Regal 18 year old in an embroidery fabric and silver bottle, designed to emphasise 'Chivalry'.

Only 3,000 of this limited edition Chivas were produced.

Campbell's Blended Scotch Whisky 1940 

A very rare blended whisky produced by John Campbell's we believe from around the 1940s

This particular bottle has been difficult to find information on and we believe this rare John Campbell's blended whisky is affiliated to Campbell, Hope and King the legendary bottlers from Elgin.  The bottle certainly dates from an earlier period than that to which Campbell, Hope and King are better known.  The italic name 'Campbell's' certainly matches those used for Campbell's of Elgin a blend that was produced from the 1960s.