May 2018 Auction

Clynelish 1973 Single Cask 41 Year Old / Wealth Solutions​

It is extremely uncommon to see private bottlings produced 'officially' by Diageo.

Their 'Hogmanay Cask' was filled 31st December 1973. The advent of a new year in Scotland is an important tradition for entire communities, with the Clynelish Hogmannay Casks reflecting this. They were a collaborative effort from the inhabitants of the areas, rarely poured into barrels within the confines of the distillery walls for this reason, and very few casks bear the honour of being named as such.

This single cask bottling for Wealth Solutions is twice as exceptional, having been aged for a whopping 41 years, making it the oldest official Clynelish going!

One of 144 bottles. 

Clynelish 12 Year Old Ainslie and Heilbron Full Proof  / Edward & Edward Import​

Distilled in the early 1970s at Brora, this legendary Clynelish was imported by Whiskyteca Edward & Edward in Italy in the 1980's. Bottled at 56.9%.

This particular bottling was rated a very good 93 points from Serge Valentin on Whiskyfun.com

Clynelish 5 Year Old Ainslie and Heilbron circa 1960s / Di Chiano Import​

A rare 1960's bottling of Clynelish by Ainslie & Heilbron Distillers. This 5 year old bottling was distributed in Italy, by Di Chiano.

These Clynelish bottlings are incredibly popular at auction, the whisky was distilled at old Clynelish distillery before it was closed in 1965. The original Clynelish distillery was re-opened in 1967, when it became known as Brora.

Very highly awarded on Whisky Fun, achieving 93 points.

Clynelish 12 Year Old Ainslie and Heilbron 1970s

A 1970's bottling of Clynelish by Ainslie & Heilbron distillers.Aged 12 years, this was likely distilled at the original Clynelish distillery, now known as Brora, before it was closed in 1968.

Compass Box Optimism

This limited edition Compass Box was released at Whisky Live London in 2009, and according to whisky maker John Glaser, was meant to provide people with some hope during economic crises unfolding at the time. This was aged in a combination of American and new French oak casks.

The quirky label design inform the drinker when the bottle is full, and half full.

Bottle 52.

Caol Ila 1966 Gordon and MacPhail

Distilled in 1966, prior to the distillery's expansion and renovation in the early 1970's.

Bottled by Gordon and MacPhailin 1995 to Celebrate the companies Centenary

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.\"

We don't know about you, but we're intrigued!!!

Campari Bitter 12 x 1 Litre 1970s

Twelve fantastic old bottles of Campari, distilled under license in Spain.  

We estimate these bottles to be from around the 1970's.

Clynelish 1972 Aceo 31 Year Old​

This fantastic Clynelish was distilled in 1972 and bottled at 31 years of age.

Part of a very limited run produced for Aceo Ltd 

Bottle 11 of 20

Chichibu 2009 Ichiro's Malt Single Cask #2369 / Warrior Series No. 1

An exciting new release from Ichiro Akuto's Chichibu. 

Distilled in 2009 and aged in French white wine cask #2369 until 2017.

This is the first in what looks to be an eagerly anticipated range of Whiskies.

Clynelish 1973 Douglas Laing 32 Year Old​

Bottled by Douglas Laing, this Clynelish was distilled in 1973 and bottled in 2005 after a 6 month finish in rum wood

One of only 232 bottles produced 

Clynelish 12 Year Old Ainslie and Heilbron Full Proof 1980s

A fantastic 1980s bottling of cask strength Clynelish.

Caol Ila 1969 16 Year Old Gordon and MacPhail 1980s

A very old bottling of Caol Ila from the 1980s. Distilled in 1969 and bottled by Gordon and MacPhail as a 16 year old.

Distilled prior to the distillery's expansion and renovation in the early 1970's.

Convalmore 1977 36 Year Old

The second bottling of Convalmore within Diageo's special release series, this one is from 2013.

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

Bottle number 791 of 2680.

Italian import.

Classic Cask 1984 Single Batch 15 Year Old Kentucky Rye

A 1984 distilled Kentucky Straight Rye whiskey, bottled in 1999. 

Bottle number 68 of 263 from batch #RW102.

Compass Box Bern's Blended Grain 75cl / US Import​

Made up of 5 unique casks from Strathclyde and Girvan, this is a well aged blended grain whisky.

Compass Box Bern's Blended Grain 75cl / US Import​

Made up of 5 unique casks from Strathclyde and Girvan, this is a well aged blended grain whisky.

Compass Box Bern's Blended Grain 75cl / US Import​

Made up of 5 unique casks from Strathclyde and Girvan, this is a well aged blended grain whisky.

Caroni 1992 Full Proof Trinidad Rum 18 Year Old​

Distilled at Caroni in 1992 and matured at their distillery until 2008 when the casks were moved to Guyana for a further two years of maturation.

Bottled in 2010.

A stock of 33 casks produced 16,236 bottles. 

Convalmore 1984 Cask Strength 32 Year Old

A cask strength bottling of Convalmore, one of Diageo's special releases for 2017.

Distilled in 1984 and bottled at cask strength 32 years later.

Bottle number 570 of 3972.

Compass Box Canto Cask #6

Canto Cask #6 is part of a Compass Box range of single cask, cask strength Scotch malt whiskies.

This was bottled in July 2007 from new French oak heads that had been toasted to level 7 on Compass Box's scale.

Canto cask #6 was specially selected by John Glaser.

Chichibu 2008 Ichiro's Malt Single Cask 7 Year Old #183 / Nishiyasaketen

A recent release from the relatively new and incredibly popular Japanese distillery, Chichibu.

Distilled in 2008, from exclusively optic barley and bottled in 2016, this has been matured in single bourbon barrel #183. 

One of only 197 bottles.

Chichibu 2009 Ichiro's Malt Single Cask #2360 / Tokyo Bar Show 2015

An exclusive single cask release from Chichibu for the 2015 Tokyo International Bar Show.

Distilled in 2009 using Braemar barley and bottled in 2015, this has been matured in French Oak Casks. 

One of 299 bottles.

Carsebridge 1964 Spirit Still 52 Year Old​

A 52 year old Carsebridge, distilled in 1964 and bottled at 52 years of age by Spirit Still.

This is a very old single grain from a now closed distillery. 

One of 31 bottles. 

Caol Ila 1975 Rare Malt 21 Year Old / 61.3%​

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 Caol Ila was distilled in 1975 and bottled 21 years later at the high strength of 61.3%

Bottle number 7138.

Carsebridge 1964 Spirit Still 52 Year Old​

A 52 year old Carsebridge, distilled in 1964 and bottled at 52 years of age by Spirit Still.

This is a very old single grain from a now closed distillery. 

One of 31 bottles. 

Caol Ila 1976 Malts of Scotland 38 Year Old 35cl

A rare old vintage Caol Ila from 1976, and impressively aged at 38 years old.

Bottled by Malts of Scotland within their smaller size Angel's Choice series from single bourbon hogshead #14020 in 2014.

One of just 125 bottles.

Caroni 2000 15 Year Old Full Proof Trinidad Rum

This full proof rum is from the now-lost Caroni distillery, Trinidad.

Distilled in 2000 and aged for 15 years until bottling in 2015.

Caroni 1996 Full Proof 20 Year Old Rum

Distilled in 1996 at the long lost Caroni distillery.

Aged in Trinidad for 20 years, this is the 35th (or '35rd' as the bottle states) release.

One of 3038 bottles produced from a stock of 11 casks.

Caol Ila 1978 Rare Malt 23 Year Old / 61.7%

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 Caol Ila was distilled in 1978 and bottled in the May 2002 release, again at a high abv of 61.7%.

Bottle number 2834.

Cragganmore 1966 Gordon and MacPhail / Secret Stills No. 2.1​

Gordon and MacPhail are bad at keeping secrets, this single malt is from a distillery built on Ballindalloch Castle estate, in the heart of Speyside: Cragganmore!

Distilled on 21st May 1966 and matured in two sherry hogsheads (#1450 and #1451).

Bottled in 2006.

One of only 500 bottles.

Chichibu 2009 Ichiro's Malt Newborn Cask #453 / Heavily Peated

A very early bottling from Chichibu, this 'Newborn' bottling of heavily peated spirit was distilled June-July 2009.

Placed into New American Oak hoghsead in July 2009 and bottled in November 2009 at a strength of 61.4%.

The label comes with a whole heap of information, take a closer look!  

Bottle number 119 of 360.