March 2017 Auction

Remy Martin Louis XIII Cognac Tres Vieille 1950s

Remy Martin is perhaps the most well known of all Cognac producers and has established a reputation for quality that very few others can relate to.

This is a spectacular 1950s example of the Louis XIII Tres Vieille Cognac Baccarat decanter which holds Grande Champagne cognac aged between 40 and 100 years.

Please note that this item is very old and hence very fragile. Lot is sold as photographed, please note fill level. 

Port Ellen 1978 37 Year Old 16th Release

The sixteenth edition of the incredibly popular Port Ellen annual releases. Distilled in 1978 and bottled 37 years later in 2016, bottled at cask strength and limited to 2940 bottles, this is bottle 1624.

Port Ellen is the lost jewel in the Islay crown. Closure in 1983 has enabled this distillery to receive a near mythical amount of love and respect. As stocks get thinner on the ground, these bottles become rarer and rarer.

Port Ellen 1983 32 Year Old 15th Release

The fifthteenth edition of the incredibly popular Port Ellen annual releases. Distilled in 1978 and bottled 32 years later in 2015, bottled at cask strength and limited to 2,964 bottles, this is bottle 242.

Port Ellen is the lost jewel in the Islay crown. Closure in 1983 has enabled this distillery to receive a near mythical amount of love and respect. As stocks get thinner on the ground, these bottles become rarer and rarer.

Remy Martin Louis XIII Cognac Circa 1970s

Remy Martin is perhaps the most well known of all Cognac producers and has established a reputation for quality that very few others can relate to.

This is a stunning older example of their Louis XIII Baccarat decanter, which holds Grande Champagne cognac aged between 40 and 100 years. 

Asian Import.

Port Ellen 1979 30 Year Old 9th Release

The ninth of the incredibly popular Port Ellen annual releases.  Distilled in 1979 and bottled 30 years later in 2009, bottled at cask strength and limited to 5,916 bottles, this is bottle 4257.

Port Ellen is the lost jewel in the Islay crown. Closure in 1983 has enabled this distillery to receive a near mythical amount of love and respect. As stocks get thinner on the ground, these bottles become rarer and rarer.

Port Ellen 1978 25 Year Old 4th Release

The forth release of the incredibly popular Port Ellen annual releases.  Distilled in 1978 and bottled 25 years later in 2004, bottled at cask strength and limited to 5,100 bottles.

Port Ellen is the lost jewel in the Islay crown. Closure in 1983 has enabled this distillery to receive a near mythical amount of love and respect. As stocks get thinner on the ground, these bottles become rarer and rarer.

This is bottle 0656.

Compass Box The General

From Compass Box:

\"It’s been a good year for sourcing ridiculously rare parcels of extraordinary whisky.

Two different companies approached us recently with similar stories: they each had several casks of Blended Scotch that had been blended at quite young ages, then not required and put back into cask and left to age. One parcel was 33 years-old and the other was…well, I’m afraid I can’t tell you. (By telling you the age of the other parcel, some might argue we are in violation of the UK’s Scotch Whisky Regulations - citation 2009 No. 2890. But that’s another story.)

We know little of the component whiskies, only that, being Blended Scotch Whisky, they were blends of both single malt and single grain whiskies.

We could tell by tasting that some were aged in former American whisky casks and some in sherry casks. But the provenance wasn’t really important, because each parcel had matured into something extraordinary in flavour, and to us, as blenders, they each represented distinct and complementary flavour profiles.

And this is where things got interesting for us. While each parcel was compelling in its own right, we had the feeling that by combining them in the right proportions, we could make something even more interesting. So we experimented for many weeks, blending the two together at different proportions before landing on the recipe in this bottle.

The result is a whisky with the “antique” character lovers of old whiskies seek out.\"

Don't know about you, but we're intrigued!!!

Port Ellen 1979 24 Year Old 3rd Release

The third release within Diageo's annual Port Ellen releases, distilled in 1979 and bottled 24 years later in 2003, bottled at cask strength and limited to 9,000 bottles, this is bottle 8,672.

Port Ellen is the lost jewel of the Islay crown. Closure in 1983 has enabled this distillery to receive a near mythical amount of love and respect. As stocks get thinner on the ground, these bottles become rarer and rarer.

Please note condition of the lot.

Port Ellen 1979 28 Year Old 7th Release

The seventh of the incredibly popular Port Ellen annual releases.  Distilled in 1979 and bottled 28 years later in 2007, bottled at cask strength and limited to 5274 bottles, this is bottle 3485.

Port Ellen is the lost jewel in the Islay crown. Closure in 1983 has enabled this distillery to receive a near mythical amount of love and respect. As stocks get thinner on the ground, these bottles become rarer and rarer.

Please note the condition of the box. 

Port Ellen 1978 27 Year Old 6th Release

The sixth edition of the incredibly popular Port Ellen annual releases.  Distilled in 1978 and bottled 27 years later in 2006, bottled at cask strength and limited to 4,560 bottles, this is bottle 1409.

Port Ellen is the lost jewel in the Islay crown. Closure in 1983 has enabled this distillery to receive a near mythical amount of love and respect. As stocks get thinner on the ground, these bottles become rarer and rarer.

Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve 15 Year Old

The teenager of this family of world reknowned American whiskies, now in incredibly high demand!

Port Ellen 1978 29 Year Old 8th Release

The eighth of the incredibly popular Port Ellen annual releases. Distilled in 1978 and bottled 29 years later in 2008, bottled at cask strength and limited to 6,618 bottles, this is bottle 5557.

Port Ellen is the lost jewel in the Islay crown. Closure in 1983 has enabled this distillery to receive a near mythical amount of love and respect. As stocks get thinner on the ground, these bottles become rarer and rarer.

Please note condition of lot as shown.

Port Ellen 1979 25 Year Old 5th Release

The fifth release of the incredibly popular Port Ellen annual releases.  Distilled in 1979 and bottled 25 years later in 2005, bottled at cask strength and limited to 5280 bottles, this is bottle 3500.

Port Ellen is the lost jewel in the Islay crown. Closure in 1983 has enabled this distillery to receive a near mythical amount of love and respect. As stocks get thinner on the ground, these bottles become rarer and rarer.

Please note condition of this lot.

Pappy Van Winkle 20 Year Old Family Reserve

This bourbon has become quite legendary, particularly after the theft of 65 X 3 bottle cases in 2013.

Now incredibly hard to find and even harder to buy from any retailer.

This bottle was distilled in the Frankfort distillery.

Pappy Van Winkle 20 Year Old Family Reserve

This bourbon has become quite legendary, particularly after the theft of 65 X 3 bottle cases in 2013.

Now incredibly hard to find and even harder to buy from any retailer.

This bottle was distilled in the Frankfort distillery.

Pappy Van Winkle 20 Year Old Family Reserve

This bourbon has become quite legendary, particularly after the theft of 65 X 3 bottle cases in 2013.

Now incredibly hard to find and even harder to buy from any retailer.

This bottle was distilled in the Frankfort distillery.

Note there is no velvet bag.

Port Ellen 1978 Rare Malt 22 Year Old / 60.50%

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

One of the two Rare Malt releases by Diageo, this particular 22 year old was distilled in 1978 and bottled in October 2000.

Bottle number 7770.

Please note condition of this lot.

Clynelish 12 Year Old / 1979 Rotation

A rare 1979 Rotation of Clynelish by Ainslie & Heilbron Distillers.  

Back label displays a British Customs Certificate of Origin with the date 20th April 1979. Rotation 179/773

Belgium Import

Clynelish 1988 Duncan Taylor 26 Year Old / Koi Series

A single cask Clynelish distilled in October 1988 and bottled in July 2015 by Duncan Taylor for William & Co. Spirits (China) Limited.

This series consisted of three separate releases: Clynelish, Cragganmore, and Laphroaig.

Each release represents a Chinese Idiom. This bottling represents 'Have passed a competitive examination in life'.

One of only 78 bottles.

Single Sherry Oak Cask #908515

Exclusively available in mainland China.

Port Ellen 1982 Douglas Laing 27 Year Old

Distilled in 1978 and bottled in 2006 by Douglas Laing as part of their Platinum Selection

Bottle No. 163 of 375

Convalmore 1977 36 Year Old

Diageo released this last year, the second bottling of Convalmore within their Special release series.

Distilled in 1977 and bottled at cask strength 36 years later.

Bottle number 1478 of 2680.

Rosebank 8 Year Old 1980s

A very rare official bottling of this closed Lowlander, this was released during the 1980s.

Rosebank 1981 Rare Malt 20 Year Old / 62.3%

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.

This Rosebank was distilled in 1981 and bottled in the May 2002 release, at another impressive abv of 62.3%.

Bottle #1290.

Chichibu 2009 Ichiro's Malt Single Cask #640

This is from the relatively new Japanese distillery Chichibu.  Distilled in 2009 and matured in a single first fill bourbon barrel #640 until bottling in 2015.

This is one of only 214 bottles at 61.6%.

Port Ellen 1979 Wilson and Morgan 23 Year Old

A rare Wilson and Morgan single cask Port Ellen, distilled in 1979 and matured for 23 years in Butt #6769

Compass Box Lady Luck

A blended malt from the boutique blenders Compass Box containing Caol Ila and Imperial aged in American White Oak Hogshead.

Limited to 754 bottles and released in September 2009.

This is a fantastically tasty whisky, a great favourite here at Whisky Auctioneer!

Please note condition of label.

Cragganmore 1993 Duncan Taylor 22 Year Old / Koi Series

A single cask Cragganmore distilled in March 1993 and bottled in July 2015 by Duncan Taylor for William & Co. Spirits (China) Limited.

This series consisted of three separate releases: Clynelish, Cragganmore, and Laphroaig.

Each release represents a Chinese Idiom. This bottling represents 'Feel Just Like a Fish in Water'.

Bottle No. 22/51

Single Sherry Oak Cask #428466

Exclusively available in mainland China.

Chichibu 2009 Ichiro's Malt Single Cask #640

This is from the relatively new Japanese distillery Chichibu.  Distilled in 2009 and matured in a single first fill bourbon barrel #640 until bottling in 2015.

This is one of only 214 bottles at 61.6%.

Royal Brackla 10 Years Old Flora and Fauna Wooden Box

One of the rare releases from the Flora and Fauna series, Royal Brackla 10 year old only bottled in 1995.

Chichibu 2011 Ichiro's Malt Cask #1402 Spirits Shop' Selection

Distilled in 2011 and bottled in 2016 for 'Spirit Shop Selection'

One of 270 Bottles

Please note the condition of the box.

Port Ellen 1983 Douglas Laing 23 Year Old

Distilled in March 1983 and bottled in July 2006 by Douglas Laing.

One of 716 bottles selected from a single refill Butt.

Chichibu 2010 Single Cask #651

Excclusively bottled for La Maison Du Whisky, Paris.This single cask Chichibu was distilled in 2010 and bottled in 2014 from a single first fill bourbon barrel #651.