May 2019 Auction

Port Charlotte PC12 / Travel Retail Exclusive

Port Charlotte is a heavily peated spirit produced by Bruichladdich in remembrance of a long lost distillery at the eponymous town on Islay, a facility which closed in 1929.

Always a 2001 vintage, PC12 was the 7th release in the series, bottled at 12 years old for the Travel Retail Market.

Seagram's Crown Royal 1956 Canadian Whisky

North America's best selling Canadian Whisky, difficult to get hold of on this side of the pond.

The tax stamp dates the youngest vintage in the blend to 1956. 

Distilled by Joseph E. Seagram at their former distillery in Waterloo, Ontario. Production was moved to a new Crown Royal distillery in Gimli, Manitoba in 1968, and nowadays it is still produced there by Diageo who bought the brand and distillery after Seagram's were dissolved in 2000. The Waterloo distillery closed in 1984.

Port Charlotte PC8

Port Charlotte is a heavily peated spirit produced by Bruichladdich in remembrance of a long lost distillery at Port Charlotte on Islay, which closed in 1929. 

Matured for 8 years and released in 2009.

One of 30,000 bottles.

Smooth Ambler Old Scout 7 Year Old Straight Bourbon

The Smooth Ambler is a craft distillery based in West Virginia, but the 'Old Scout' range is a collection of barrels sourced from other places, meeting the high standards of the Smooth Ambler brand. Old Scout was initially conceived as a means of generating funds in the intervening years that the initial Smooth Ambler spirit was maturing into whiskey, however its popularity has resulted in its continuation since.

This 7 year old is from batch #57, which was bottled on 16th January 2014 from a barrels most likely sourced from MGP distillery, although Smooth Ambler also contract some distilling to Cascade Hollow in Tennessee.

Smooth Ambler Old Scout 10 Year Old Straight Bourbon

The Smooth Ambler is a craft distillery based in West Virginia, but the 'Old Scout' range is a collection of barrels sourced from other places, meeting the high standards of the Smooth Ambler brand. Old Scout was initially conceived as a means of generating funds in the intervening years that the initial Smooth Ambler spirit was maturing into whiskey, however its popularity has resulted in its continuation since.

This 10 year old is from batch #32 which was bottled on 26th March 2015 from barrels most likely sourced from MGP distillery in Indiana, although Smooth Ambler also contract soime distilling to Cascade Hollow in Tennesee.

Strathmill 15 Year Old Manager’s Dram 2003

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 Strathmill was bottled in 2003 from a refill cask.

Bottle number 0627. 

Scapa 2000 Reserve Collection 18 Year Old 50cl / Cask Strength Edition

Distilled on 8th March 2000 and bottled from five casks on the 26th July 2018.

One of 1512 bottles. 

Scapa 2006 Reserve Collection 10 Year Old 50cl / Single Cask Edition

The Reserve Collection has been created to replace the Cask Strength series of bottlings from Chivas Brothers. These are only available at Chivas Brother's distilleries.

Distilled on Orkney on 23rd November 2006 and bottled from a single first fill sherry butt cask #2173 on the 9th of May 2017.

This is bottle 462 of 888.

Port Dundas 1990 Hunter Laing 27 Year Old

A premium single cask bottling from Hunter Laing, part of their Sovereign series.

Distilled in 1990 at the now closed Port Dundas distillery and bottled at 27 years of age.

One of 258 bottles.

SS Politician Whisky Galore Decanter

A blended whisky in a decanter named after the ship that sunk in \"Whisky Galore\"

This decanter contains a small amount of whisky which was recovered from the wreck of the SS Politician just off Eriskay in 1990 by a company who discovered several perfect bottles in the wreckage. 

Samaroli No Age Pure Malt Edition 2002

A blended malt of vintages ranging from 12 year old to 45 year old. 

Samaroli is perhaps Italy's most revered independent bottler of Scotch whisky. With an impeccable taste in single cask whiskies, (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.

One of 1,980 bottles produced. 

Speyside Single Malt 1994 Vive La Vie 21 Year Old / Hong Kong Exclusive

A 1994 vintage Speyside single malt fro an undisclosed distillery, matured for 21 years in a single sherry butt. 

Bottled by Vive La Vie, this is one of 110 bottled exclusively for Hong Kong.

Port Charlotte 2001 Private Cask 12 Year Old

A peated whisky, distilled at Bruichladdich distillery on Islay in December 2001 and bottled in October 2014 after maturing in single bourbon cask #216-8. 

Smooth Ambler Old Scout 7 Year Old Straight Bourbon

The Smooth Ambler is a craft distillery based in West Virginia, but the 'Old Scout' range is a collection of barrels sourced from other places, meeting the high standards of the Smooth Ambler brand. Old Scout was initially conceived as a means of generating funds in the intervening years that the initial Smooth Ambler spirit was maturing into whiskey, however its popularity has resulted in its continuation since.

This 7 year old is from batch #121, which was bottled on 4th July 2015 from a barrels most likely sourced from MGP distillery, although Smooth Ambler also contract some distilling to Cascade Hollow in Tennessee.

Suntory AO World Whisky

Unfortunatly due to a laxness in the legal definition of the term \"Japanese Whisky,\" it is both common and legal to blend imported whisky and sell it as Japanese Whisky.

With Ao (Japanese for Blue) World Whisky Suntory attempt to bring clarity to the world of Japanese Whisky by blending Irish, Scotish, American, Canadian and Japanese whisky and proudly declairing so on the lable. 

SS Politician Whisky Galore Decanter

A blended whisky in a decanter named after the ship that sunk in \"Whisky Galore\"

This decanter contains a small amount of whisky which was recovered from the wreck of the SS Politician just off Eriskay in 1990 by a company who discovered several perfect bottles in the wreckage. 

No capacity or strength stated. 

Schenley Champion 7 Year Old Bourbon Pint 1950s

Schenley were one of the \"big 4\" American whisky companies who dominated the post-Prohibition market, alongside National Distillers, Seagram's and Hiram Walker.

This was distilled at Schenley's Bernheim distillery (nowadays the home of Heaven Hill) in the 1950s.

Springbank 1965 28 Years Old Milroy's of Soho Miniature 5cl

An impressive miniature of 28 year old Springbank distilled in 1965 and bottled by Milroy's of Soho.

Port Mourant 2008 Single Cask 10 Year Old / Milan Rum Festival 

Single cask demerara rum distilled at Diamond distillery in Guyana. Port Mourant is their double wooden pot still rescued from a lost distillery of the same name.

Distilled in April 2008 and bottled in May 2018 after the cask was selected by Andrea Giannone and Giuseppe Dolci for an exclusive Milan Rum Festival release.

One of 235 bottled at Navy strength. 

Springbank 2003 Burgundy Wood 12 Year Old

Bottled in November 2003, this Springbank was matured entirely in first fill Burgundy barrels. 

Bottled May 2016

One of 10,260 bottles.

Samaroli No Age Pure Malt Edition 2002

A blended malt of vintages ranging from 12 year old to 45 year old. 

Samaroli is perhaps Italy's most revered independent bottler of Scotch whisky. With an impeccable taste in single cask whiskies, (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.

One of 1,980 bottles produced. 

Scapa 2003 Reserve Collection 12 Year Old 50cl / Cask Strength Edition

The Reserve Collection has been created to replace the Cask Strength series of bottlings from Chivas Brothers. These are only available at Chivas Brother's distilleries.

Distilled on 10th June 2003 and bottled on 29th July 2015 from casks #9-12 and #14-16.

Bottle number 893 of only 2148.

Salignac George V Reserve Cognac circa 1950s

Salignac are now owned by Courvoisier, but they have a long and rich history.

We estimate that this bottling is from the 1950s. 

Mars The Revival 2011 'Komagatake'

The Shinshu Mars distillery closed in 1992, but in 2011 the distillery was brought back into production.  

This is the first whisky released after the hiatus. 

Three years old and lightly peated to 8ppm, this was matured in a bourbon cask. 

Bottle number 1068 of 6000. 

Scapa 2002 Reserve Collection 16 Year Old 50cl / Cask Strength Edition

The Reserve Collection has been created to replace the Cask Strength series of bottlings from Chivas Brothers. These are only available at Chivas Brother's distilleries.

Distilled on 6th February 2002 and bottled from five casks on the 26th July 2018.

One of 1644 bottles. 

Strathmill 1990 Vive La Vie 25 Year Old

A 1990 vintage Strathmill, matured for 25 years in a single sherry butt. 

Bottled by Vive La Vie, this is one of 200.

Port Mourant 2008 Single Cask 10 Year Old / Milan Rum Festival 

Single cask demerara rum distilled at Diamond distillery in Guyana. Port Mourant is their double wooden pot still rescued from a lost distillery of the same name.

Distilled in April 2008 and bottled in May 2018 after the cask was selected by Andrea Giannone and Giuseppe Dolci for an exclusive Milan Rum Festival release.

One of 235 bottled at Navy strength. 

Speyside 1995 Whisky Broker 23 Year Old

A 23 year old single cask bottling from the Speyside distillery in Drumguish. This was distilled in 1995 and bottled by Whisky Broker in 2018.

Bottle 113 of 310 was drawn at cask strength from sherry butt #14.

Suntory Old Whisky 76cl / Year of the Dragon

A fantastic bottling of Suntory whisky, said to be a 'Taste of The Japanese Tradition'. 

Specially labelled for the zodiac Year of the Dragon.

Springbank 1993 Single Malts of Scotland 13 Year Old

This Springbank was distilled on 26th November 1993 and matured in refill sherry cask #694.

Bottled in 2007 by Speciality Drinks for their Single Malts of Scotland label.

One of 563 bottles.

Penderyn 2013 SMWS 5 Year Old 128.7

'Down the old fruit mines'

A Welsh single malt whisky from Penderyn distillery, bottled by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society.

Distilled in 2013 and matured for 5 years in a first fill wine barrique.

One of 288 Bottles

Prince Hubert de Polignac Fine Champagne Cognac 1.5 Litres

An older bottle of Cognac produced by Prince Hubert de Polignac.  

Please note that this bottle witll include a two bottle shipping fee.