March 2019 Auction

Highland Park 30 Year Old Screen Print 1990s

A highly acclaimed whisky from this Orcadian distillery, presented with an attractive red box with 1990s screen printed bottle.

Highland Park 1973 Dragon

A legendary Highland Park, distilled in 1973 and bottled by Robertson of Kirkwall.

The 1973 Dragon rarely appears at auction, these Robertson's of Kirkwall bottlings are very highly regarded.

The Dragon from which this whisky takes its name comes from the 12th century carving in Maes Howe neolithic tomb, Orkney.

Bottled at 20 years old from cask #13313, in a 75cl bottle with green capsule.

Laphroaig 32 Year Old

One of several Laphroaig bottlings released to commemorate their 200th anniversary, 1815 to 2015.

This is one of the oldest ever from Laphroaig, matured for 32 years in ex-Oloroso sherry casks this was incredibly popular at retail selling out almost immediately.

Only 5,880 bottles were produced.

Longrow 1987 Samaroli Single Cask #113

This is one of a number of Longrow expressions released by Samaroli, many of which were single casks. 

Silvano Samaroli was an early champion of the peated single malt from Springbank distillery, and its surging popularity since his earliest bottlings in the mid-1980s is viewed as testament to his visionary outlook on the whisky trade.

This was distilled in 1987, a vintage Samaroli bought numerous casks from. This release was drawn from #113 in 2005. 

Bottle 12 of 312.

Lagavulin 25 Year Old Cask Strength 2002 Release

Released as part of Diageo's Super Premium malts.

Distilled in 1977, this 25 year old Lagavulin was released in 2002 and limited to 9,000 bottles.  Perhaps unsurprisingly it is a stunning whisky and is very highly rated indeed.

Bottle number 5014 of 9,000.

Longrow 1987 Samaroli

This is one of a number of Longrow expressions released by Samaroli, many of which were single casks. 

Silvano Samaroli was an early champion of the peated single malt from Springbank distillery, and its surging popularity since his earliest bottlings in the mid-1980s is viewed as testament to his visionary outlook on the whisky trade.

No capacity or strength stated. 

Laphroaig 21 Year Old Cask Strength / Terminal 5 Exclusive

An exclusive release for the opening of Heathrow's Terminal 5, this was selected from 9 of the finest casks at Laphroaig. 

Aged 21 years and bottled at cask strength.

Bottle number 496 of 750. 

Laphroaig 10 Year Old 1980s

An older bottling of Laphroaig from the 1980s.

Highland Park 1980 Single Cask #8421

Cask #8421 was selected on the 31st of May 2001 to commemorate the visit of Maxxium UK to the Highland Park distillery on Orkney. 

This sherry hogshead - filled on the 18th October 1980 - was then bottled a few months later on the company's 21st birthday:18th October 2001.

One of only 252 bottles.

Highland Park 1970 Gordon and MacPhail Rare Old

Distilled in 1970 on Orkney and bottled in 2004 by Gordon and MacPhail as part of their Rare Old series.

Hibiki 21 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. 

A very well presented highly limited blend. 

Hibiki 21 year old is a very popular and stunning blend produced by Suntory.  Here is a hint of it's success:

• 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 

Longmorn 1962 Gordon and MacPhail

A gorgeous vintage of Longmorn, distilled in 1962 and bottled by Gordon and MacPhail in 1991.

Part of the Elgin-based bottler's long-running Connoisseurs Choice series.

Laphroaig 10 Year Old Original Cask Strength / 57.3%

The original bottling of cask strength Laphroaig from the early 1990's.

Now incredibly hard to find.

Laphroaig 1994 / Feis Ile 2006

A 1994 vintage Laphroaig for the Feis Ile festival on Islay in 2006. This limited distillery only bottling produced 600 bottles. 

Distilled by the apprentice John Campbell in 1994, and bottled by the Distillery Manager, John Campbell, 12 years later.

Bottle number 415.

Longmorn 1973 Gordon and MacPhail Cask Strength

A single Cask bottling of Longmorn by Gordon and MacPhails.

Distilled 30th April 1973 and bottled 26th May 2006 after maturing in first fill sherry butt #3650

Lochside 1981 Whisky Agency 29 Year Old / Perfect Dram

An independent bottling of Lochside, bottled for the Whisky Agency in Germany in conjunction with Three Rivers Tokyo.

Distilled in 1981 and matured for 29 years in an ex-fino butt.

One of 420 bottles.

Hibiki 21 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. 

A very well presented highly limited blend. 

Hibiki 21 year old is a very popular and stunning blend produced by Suntory.  Here is a hint of it's success:

• 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 

Hibiki 21 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. 

A very well presented highly limited blend. 

Hibiki 21 year old is a very popular and stunning blend produced by Suntory.  Here is a hint of it's success:

• 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 

Hibiki 21 Year Old 35cl

A very popular and stunning Japanese blended whisky produced by Suntory. Here is a hint of its success:

• 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

Lakes Genesis / Bottle #034

The whisky has been matured first in Oloroso hogsheads and then finished in casks made of European and American oak. Finally, these whiskies were married together in Orange wine casks from the Andalusia region of Spain. In order to highlight the full spectrum of flavours that this has produced, the whisky has been bottled at cask strength.

The first 101 bottles of this new distillery's inaugural single malt are presented in a stunning glass decanter style bottle, packed neatly into a beautiful rosewood box. This is a whisky that does justice to its Scottish heritage, in a presentation that does justice to the craftsmanship of a region which is, undoubtedly, at the genesis of a true whisky heritage of its own.

Every bottle comes hand-numbered and hand-signed with a certificate of authenticity from The Lakes' master Blender, Dhavall Gandhi. 

Littlemill 1989 Whisky Agency 21 Year Old / Three Rivers

An independent bottling from closed Lowland distillery, Littlemill.

Distilled in 1989 and matured for 21 years in sherry wood.

Bottled for The Whisky Agency in Germany, in collaboration with Three Rivers bar in Tokyo.

One of 264 bottles.

Longrow Samaroli 'New Filling Malt' / Fragments of Scotland

A very young peated Springbank, referred to by Samaroli as a 'New Filling Malt / British Spirit'. When is reaches full maturity, the peated Springbank expression is known as Longrow, and was first distilled in 1973. The New Filling Malts series was Samaroli's answer to grappa, the popularity of which had always confused him. He believed these under 3 year old single malts were a superior alternative.

Samaroli is perhaps Italy's most revered independent bottler of Scotch whisky. With an impeccable taste in single cask whiskies, and an eye for aesthetics (if not English spelling at times!), he is regarded by many as a visionary. Many of his bottles now occupy deserved sports on the pantheon of whisky greats.

The Fragments of Scotland series was bottled in 1988, and each of them feature artworks depicting different elements of Scotland, mostly painted by Samaroli's friend, Agostino Perrnini. This one however is a Cesare Fernicola work.

Bottle number 56 of only 648 produced.

Hibiki 21 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. 

A very well presented highly limited blend. 

Hibiki 21 year old is a very popular and stunning blend produced by Suntory. Here is a hint of its success:

• 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 

Hibiki 21 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. 

A very well presented highly limited blend. 

Hibiki 21 year old is a very popular and stunning blend produced by Suntory. Here is a hint of its success:

• 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 

Longmorn 1972 Blackadder 31 Year Old 75cl / US Import

A 31 year old Longmorn, bottled by Blackadder International for the US market.

Distilled in Speyside in 1978 and bottled in September 2003 from sherry butt #1101.

One of 388 bottles.

Hakushu 18 Year Old Limited Edition

An exclusive Japanese release of the 18 year old Hakushu. 

Hakushu was built in 1973 at the foot of the Southern Japan Alps, a location deliberately chosen by Suntory to provide a contrast to the style of spirit produced at Yamazaki. 

Interestingly, not all of Suntory's whisky is matured at the distillery where it was produced. Larger casks such as butts and puncheons are kept at Yamazaki due to its warmer temperatures, whereas the colder climate at Hakushu distillery is better suited to Suntory's smaller casks such as barrels and hogsheads. The majority of casks however are kept at Suntory's Ohmi Ageing Cellar, a vast warehouse situated forty miles northwest of Yamazaki.

In addition to efficiently harnessing climatic conditions, this arrangement also prevents an entire distillery’s stock being lost in the event of a natural disaster – a serious possibility in an earthquake-prone area such as Japan.

Laphroaig 1987 Vintage / LMDW 50th Anniversary

A 1987 single vintage Lahproaig, bottled at 19 years old for the 60th anniversary of La Maison du Whisky.

This was bottled from 6 casks, hand selected by Laphroaig Master Blender, Robert Hicks.

Hakushu 18 Year Old Limited Edition

An exclusive Japanese release of the 18 year old Hakushu. 

Highland Park 1978 Vintage Collection

This 1978 Vintage Collection Highland Park is a travel retail exclusive and was bottled in 2011.

Highland Park 30 Year Old / The Spectator 180th Anniversary

A collectible Highland Park 30 year old bottled for the 180th Anniversary of the The Spectator magazine.  

Only 180 bottles were produced and carry the signature of Andrew Neil, publisher of the magazine.

Hibiki 21 Year Old Kacho Fugetsu​

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. 

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 

Hibiki 21 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. 

A very well presented highly limited blend. 

Hibiki 21 year old is a very popular and stunning blend produced by Suntory.  Here is a hint of it's success:

• 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