November 2018 Auction

Dumbarton 1986 Douglas Laing 32 Year Old / XOP

This is a single grain whisky from the now closed Dumbarton distillery, distilled in August 1986 and bottled in August 2018 by Douglas Laing after maturing in a single refill barrel for 32 years.

Bottle number 81 of only 112 hand filled bottles.

Dailuaine 1988 SMWS 28 Year Old 41.101

Otherwise labelled as 'Hard to put down.'

A 28 year old Dailuaine distilled in September 1988 and matured first in ex-bourbon wood and then in a first fill Pedro Ximenez hogshead.

One of 258 bottled at cask strength by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society.

Dalwhinnie 1989 Cask Strength 25 Year Old

Part of the 2015 Diageo special release range.

Distilled in 1989 and bottled at 25 years old, this is one of only 5916 bottles produced. 

Dallas Dhu 1979 Gordon and MacPhail 75cl / US Import

Dallas Dhu distilled in 1979 and bottled in 2012 by Gordon and MacPhail.

Dailuaine 1973 First Cask 30 Year Old

An independent bottling from Direct Wines, part of their First Cask series.

Distilled at Dailuaine distillery on 14th December 1973 and bottled as a 30 year old.

This is bottle number 119, which was drawn from cask #14737.

Dailuaine 17 Year Old Manager's Dram 2000

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.

A 17 year old Dailuaine, matured in sherry oak casks and chosen by the distillery manager bottled on 20th November 2000.

Bottle number 250.

Dailuaine 1982 Whisky Agency 31 Year Old

Distilled at Dailuaine distillery in 1982 and bottled as a 31 year old by the Whisky Agency.

This is one of 225 bottles.

Dumbarton 1962 Cadenhead's 32 Year Old

Distilled in 1962 and bottled in February 1994 at 32 years old. Matured in a single bourbon hogshead.

This particular bottling is from the now closed Dumbarton distillery.

Port Charlotte 2003 Blackadder Raw Cask 12 Year Old

This peated variant of Bruichladdich was distilled in 2003 and bottled from a single sherry cask in May 2016

Bottle number 129 of 284. 

Dufftown That Boutique-y Whisky Company 40 Year Old Batch #1

The first release of Dufftown single malt from That Boutique-y Whisky Company, aged an impressive 40 years.

The label depicts what the bottler claims are \"familiar\" faces, gearing up to dive into an empty Olympic size swimming pool.

Bottle 114 of 164.

Dallas Dhu 1982 Gordon and MacPhail

The penultimate vintage from Dallas Dhu distillery, which closed in 1983.

This was distilled in 1982 bottled by Gordon and MacPhail in 2007.

Parker's Heritage Collection 11 Year Old Single Barrel Bourbon

The Parker's Heritage Collection from Heaven Hill is always highly anticipated, this is an 11 year old Kentucky straight Bourbon.

The collection is named after former Heaven Hill Master Distiller, Parker Beam. Parker's legacy with the distillery was the introduction of single barrel bottlings, and this, barrel #5027249, was selected from his favourite rickhouse in Deatsville.

Pittyvaich 1989 Cask Strength 25 Year Old

An official 25 year old bottling from this now lost distillery... and frontrunner for shortest lived Speyside distillery. 

This was distilled in 1989, just 4 years before the distillery closed down. It was matured for 25 years in a combination of refill American oak hogsheads and first fill ex-bourbon barrels.

Bottle number 2462 of 5922. 

Port Charlotte 2001 Octomore Farm Private Cask 16 Year Old

You don't see many independent Port Charlotte, this is a private cask bottled for the Octomore Farm just behind the distillery.

Distilled in December 2001 and bottled in June 2018 from fotation 09/216.

Dallas Dhu 1979 Chieftain's 26 Year Old

A single cask Dallas Dhu, distilled in in June 1979 and bottled March 2006.

Finished in a rum cask, this is one of 348 bottles. 

Daftmill 2006 Summer Batch Release

Daftmill was granted a license to begin producing spirit in 2005, and had not bottled a single drop of that first distillate until 2018 when it produced just 629 bottles of its inaugural release.

Daftmill is a farm distillery, owned and run by the Cuthbert family, who grow all of the barley used in their whisky on-site. The distillery is only operational during the farm's quiet periods in mid-summer and mid-winter, sometimes producing as few as 100 casks per year. 

This is the distillery's second ever offering, a 2006 single vintage bottling of 9 casks. The chariot barley used was harvested on the farm's Dam Park and Curling Pond fields on 31st August 2004. It was malted in Fife by Robert Kilgour & Co, some the last before their business closed.

The spirit matured for nearly 12 years in ex-bourbon casks from Heaven Hill Bernheim distillery in Louisville, Kentucky.

One of 1665 bottles.

Demerara Rum 1991 Silver Seal 15 Year Old / Sestante Collection

A 1991 vintage Demerara rum from Guyana. There were a number of operating distilleries there at this time, including Enmore, Uitvlugt and Diamond. Only the latter remains today.

Silver Seal was founded by Ernesto Mainardi in 2000. This was Mainardi's second bottling company after the esteemed Sestane in 1979, and this later Silver Seal collection is named in its honour. Both companies were sold to Massimo Righi in 2010, with Ernesto's original releases becoming increasingly prized possessions by collectors.

This is part of the Sestante Collection, which honours Mainardi's first venture.

Bottled at 15 years old in 2006, exclusively for Cuzziol S.p.A. Bottle 501 of 520.

Port Charlotte PC5 First Cut 50cl

This highly sought after bottling was released just prior to the regular PC5, and marks the first release of the Port Charlotte peated single malt.

Port Charlotte is produced at Bruichladdich as a recreation of a style of whisky created at an old 'lost' distillery in the nearby town of the same name.

PC5 First Cut was distilled on 28 May 2001 and bottled in May 2007 from bourbon casks.

Bottle number 49 of 950. This is hand signed by then distillery manager, Jim McEwan.

Daftmill 2006 Summer Batch Release

Daftmill was granted a license to begin producing spirit in 2005, and had not bottled a single drop of that first distillate until 2018 when it produced just 629 bottles of its inaugural release.

Daftmill is a farm distillery, owned and run by the Cuthbert family, who grow all of the barley used in their whisky on-site. The distillery is only operational during the farm's quiet periods in mid-summer and mid-winter, sometimes producing as few as 100 casks per year. 

This is the distillery's second ever offering, a 2006 single vintage bottling of 9 casks. The chariot barley used was harvested on the farm's Dam Park and Curling Pond fields on 31st August 2004. It was malted in Fife by Robert Kilgour & Co, some the last before their business closed.

The casks matured for nearly 12 years in ex-bourbon casks from Heaven Hill Bernheim distillery in Louisville, Kentucky.

One of 1665 bottles. 

Daftmill 2006 Summer Batch Release

Daftmill was granted a license to begin producing spirit in 2005, and had not bottled a single drop of that first distillate until 2018 when it produced just 629 bottles of its inaugural release.

Daftmill is a farm distillery, owned and run by the Cuthbert family, who grow all of the barley used in their whisky on-site. The distillery is only operational during the farm's quiet periods in mid-summer and mid-winter, sometimes producing as few as 100 casks per year. 

This is the distillery's second ever offering, a 2006 single vintage bottling of 9 casks. The chariot barley used was harvested on the farm's Dam Park and Curling Pond fields on 31st August 2004. It was malted in Fife by Robert Kilgour & Co, some the last before their business closed.

The casks matured for nearly 12 years in ex-bourbon casks from Heaven Hill Bernheim distillery in Louisville, Kentucky.

One of 1665 bottles. 

Daftmill 2006 Summer Batch Release

Daftmill was granted a license to begin producing spirit in 2005, and had not bottled a single drop of that first distillate until 2018 when it produced just 629 bottles of its inaugural release.

Daftmill is a farm distillery, owned and run by the Cuthbert family, who grow all of the barley used in their whisky on-site. The distillery is only operational during the farm's quiet periods in mid-summer and mid-winter, sometimes producing as few as 100 casks per year. 

This is the distillery's second ever offering, a 2006 single vintage bottling of 9 casks. The chariot barley used was harvested on the farm's Dam Park and Curling Pond fields on 31st August 2004. It was malted in Fife by Robert Kilgour & Co, some the last before their business closed.

The casks matured for nearly 12 years in ex-bourbon casks from Heaven Hill Bernheim distillery in Louisville, Kentucky.

One of 1665 bottles. 

Dalwhinnie 1986 Cask Strength 20 Year Old

Distilled in 1986 and bottled at cask strength in 2006, this Dalwhinnie was matured in refill European oak casks. 

Bottle number 3830 of 5358.

Dalwhinnie 1986 Cask Strength 20 Year Old

Distilled in 1986 and bottled at cask strength in 2006, this Dalwhinnie was matured in refill European oak casks. 

Bottle number 3735 of 5358.

Pittyvaich 12 Year Old Flora and Fauna

An official 12 year old bottling from this now lost distillery.

Distillers Company Ltd (DCL/Diageo) created the Flora and Fauna series in the early 1990s.

Dalmore King Alexander III

Crafted to honour the act of saving Scotland’s king in 1263, this expression unites six specially selected casks housing spirit of perfect maturity. Whiskies matured in ex-bourbon casks, Matusalem oloroso sherry wood, Madeira barrels, Marsala casks, port pipes and Cabernet Sauvignon wine barriques are all brought together. 

Daftmill 2006 Summer Batch Release

Daftmill was granted a license to begin producing spirit in 2005, and had not bottled a single drop of that first distillate until 2018 when it produced just 629 bottles of its inaugural release.

Daftmill is a farm distillery, owned and run by the Cuthbert family, who grow all of the barley used in their whisky on-site. The distillery is only operational during the farm's quiet periods in mid-summer and mid-winter, sometimes producing as few as 100 casks per year. 

This is the distillery's second ever offering, a 2006 single vintage bottling of 9 casks. The chariot barley used was harvested on the farm's Dam Park and Curling Pond fields on 31st August 2004. It was malted in Fife by Robert Kilgour & Co, some the last before their business closed.

The casks matured for nearly 12 years in ex-bourbon casks from Heaven Hill Bernheim distillery in Louisville, Kentucky.

One of 1665 bottles. 

Daftmill 2006 Summer Batch Release

Daftmill was granted a license to begin producing spirit in 2005, and had not bottled a single drop of that first distillate until 2018 when it produced just 629 bottles of its inaugural release.

Daftmill is a farm distillery, owned and run by the Cuthbert family, who grow all of the barley used in their whisky on-site. The distillery is only operational during the farm's quiet periods in mid-summer and mid-winter, sometimes producing as few as 100 casks per year. 

This is the distillery's second ever offering, a 2006 single vintage bottling of 9 casks. The chariot barley used was harvested on the farm's Dam Park and Curling Pond fields on 31st August 2004. It was malted in Fife by Robert Kilgour & Co, some the last before their business closed.

The casks matured for nearly 12 years in ex-bourbon casks from Heaven Hill Bernheim distillery in Louisville, Kentucky.

One of 1665 bottles. 

Port Dundas 1973 Duncan Taylor 36 Year Old

From independent bottlers, Duncan Taylor within their Rare Auld range, this is a 36 year old Port Dundas single grain whisky.

Distilled in January 1973, matured in a single sherry cask and bottled at cask strength in November 2009.

Cask #128318; Bottle No. 251 of 278.

Port Charlotte 2002 SMWS 9 Year Old 127.14

Distilled on 21st June 2002 and bottled at 9 years old after maturing in a refill barrel.

'Right up my street'

One of only 243 bottles

Dalmore Ceramic Still Decanter

A mysterious Dalmore, bottled in a small ceramic still-shaped decanter. 

Approximately 35cl, this decanter weighs 692 grams. 

No capacity or strength stated. 

Port Charlotte 2001 The Heretic: The Last of the First / Feis Ile 2018

This Port Charlotte is one of two launched for the annual Feis Ile festival in 2018, to coincide with the rebrand of the Port Charlotte Range. Port Charlotte is a heavily peated expression, produced at Bruichladdich as a recreation of a style of whisky created at an old 'lost' distillery in the nearby town of the same name.

This distillery exclusive was launched at their Feis Ile open day on 27th May 2018. This is a marriage of the last 5 casks filled during the first year of Bruichladdich's Port Charlotte production in 2001, hence the name 'The Last of the First.'. The casks in question had previously held American whiskey, rum, and fine French wine.

Bottle no. 435 of 1300.

All five casks were selected by Bruichladdich's Master Distiller, Adam Hannett, and this bottle is hand-signed by him.

Dalmore King Alexander III

Crafted to honour the act of saving Scotland’s king in 1263, this expression unites six specially selected casks housing spirit of perfect maturity. Whiskies matured in ex-bourbon casks, Matusalem oloroso sherry wood, Madeira barrels, Marsala casks, port pipes and Cabernet Sauvignon wine barriques are all brought together.