October 2018 Auction

Johnnie Walker Swing 1956 / Opening of Hill Street Premises

A very special bottling of Johnnie Walker Swing, produced in 1956 to celebrate the opening of famous Hill Street premises in Kilmarnock, which would become home to the brand for over 50 years. Who would have thought that this bottle would last longer than the facility itself.

Named \"Swing\", as the bottle is designed to rock gently back and forth if it so desires.

Please refer to images for condition, this bottle is very old. Whisky Auctioneer Ltd cannot be held liable for any leakage or damage caused whilst this bottle is in transit, including lots sent using Risk Free Shipping.

Clynelish 1973 Single Cask 41 Year Old Wealth Solutions / Bottle #1

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!

Bottle number 1 of 144 bottles. 

Clynelish 1965 Signatory Vintage 29 Year Old

An independently bottled Clynelish has become a very rare indeed.

A real gem for any Clynelish enthusiast, produced at the original Clynelish distillery, which has now become recognised as Brora.

Bottled in 1994 after 29 years in butt #667.

Johnnie Walker Blue Label Gods of Wealth Collection 5 x 1 Litre

The \"Five Gods of Wealth\" in Chinese culture represent wisdom, vision, integrity, fortune, and luck.

Each bottle in this collection depicts a different god, engraved in 18k gold.

Produced to celebrate Lunar New Year, one of only 1000 sets.

Please note there will be a shipping charge for 5 bottles.

Cardhu 1973 Rare Malt 25 Year Old 75cl / 60.5%

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.

Released at an impressive natural cask strength of 60.5%, distilled in 1973 and bottled in October 1998 as a 25 year old.

There were only two releases of Cardhu under the Rare Malt Selection, this is bottle number 787 of the first.

Clynelish 1972 Rare Malt 22 Year Old 75cl / 58.95%

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.

Released within the Rare Malt Selection. Distilled in 1972 and bottled as a 22 year old at 58.95%. 

Bottle 4882.

Craigellachie 1983 Small Batch 33 Year Old​

A small batch release from this up and coming Speysider. Distilled at Craigellachie distillery in 1983 and bottled in February 2017.

Batch number 002301.

Clynelish 1972 Rare Malt 24 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.

Released within the Rare Malt Selection. Distilled in 1972 and bottled as a 24 year old at 61.3%

Bottled in 1997.

Bottle number 4585.

Clynelish 1972 Rare Malt 24 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.

Released within the Rare Malt Selection. Distilled in 1972 and bottled as a 24 year old at 61.3%

Bottled in 1997.

Bottle number 0110.

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%.

Johnnie Walker The Directors Blend 2013

Only ever given to very important Diageo types, meaning this was never available at retail. This means that very few bottles made it to the secondary market and collectors have fought to get hold of this essential part of Walker history.

There were six bottles in the Director's blend range, this is the final bottle and was designed by Claessens, a simple yet elegant and effective design.

In the flavour department the blend is focused on age and succeeds in creating deep rich character, causing whisky expert Dave Broom to claim that it was one of the best whiskies of 2013.

Bottle number 583 of 588.

John Jameson and Son 10 Year Old circa 1930s / J McCabe

A fantastic old bottle of John Jameson & Son Dublin whiskey, distilled at the long closed Bow Street distillery. Amazingly, Jameson was not officially sold by the bottle until after Jameson were amalgamated into the Irish Distillers company in 1966. Under the new ownership, Bow Street then sold its first single bottle of Jameson in 1968, before production of the entire Irish Distillers portfolio was was moved to New Midleton in Cork in 1975, seeing the closure of Bow Street and fellow Dublin distillery, Power's John's Lane in the process.

Pre-Irish Distillers Jameson only sold their whiskey by the cask. Those who procured these casks were then welcome to bottle them using the official John Jameson & Son branding, as is the case with this bottle.

This was bottled by J. McCabe of Main Street in Blackrock, a suburb of Dublin. There is little information about the company, however a wine and spirit merchant called JE McCabe still operates in Northern Ireland today, claiming to have a connection to a family-run business established in 1919; they are potentially the same. A firm called L&E Egan at Arran Quay were advertising this 10 year old Jameson as far back as 1917. The label style however is concurrent with many distributed to Irish merchants in the 1930s. Ireland was in the midst of a bitter trade war with the UK at this point so it is unsurprising that Jameson bearing these labels all have native bottling firms on them. Other examples of these include the persisting presence of L&E Egan, and a neighbouring firm on Dublin's Bachelor's Walk called TW Begge, who were advertising this Jameson 10 year old alongside Bishop-approved \"alter wine\" in publications through the 1930s and 40s.

No capacity or strength stated. 

Chichibu 2009 SMWS 4 Year Old 130.1

A Chichibu distilled in June 2009 and matured in a first fill ex-bourbon barrel. 

\"Dynamic and attractive\"

One of 227 bottles.

Johnnie Walker Blue Label Korea Sa Shin Do 75cl / The Casks Edition

A special edition bottle of Johnnie Blue label... the icon of whisky worldwide. 

This Blue Label is bottled in a porcelain decanter that was bottled for the South Korean market. On each of the four sides of the decanter is a depiction of a guardian god from Korean mythology. 

Hyunmu guards the north, The Blue Dragon guards the east, Jujak (a phoenix) guards the south and The White Tiger guards the East.  

Very unusually for Johnnie Walker, this has been bottled at cask strength. 

Clynelish 12 Year Old Ainslie and Heilbron 1980s

An old bottling of Clynelish produced by Ainslie & Heilbron distillers.

Chichibu Ichiro's Malt London Edition 2018

Ichiro Akuto's Chichibu distillery has be producing malts for a while now, this was released in 2018 and appears to be the first instalment in an annual London Edition series.

Bottle 906 of 929.

Chita 2001 50cl / The Essence of Suntory

Part of the 2018 series, The Essence of Suntory Whisky, this is a Chita distilled in 2001 and matured in a Wine Cask for 4 years before being bottled in 2018

Carn Mor Vintage Collection / 26 x 20cl

An impressive collection of bottlings from Carn Mor, bottled by the Scottish Liqueur Centre at 46%. 

Caol Ila 1983, bottled 2010. 

Glenlossie 1984, bottled 2009. Sherry Butt.

Benriach 1985, bottled 2011. 

Tomatin 1987, bottled 2011. 

Glenburgie 1988, bottled 2009. 

Braes of Glenlivet 1989, bottled 2009. 

Strathmill 1990, bottled 2009. 

Tamdhu 1991, bottled 2009.

Macduff 1991, bottled 2012. 

Glenallachie 1992, bottled 2009. 

2 x Glen Grant 1993, bottled 2009. 

Tobermory 1994, bottled 2009. Sherry Butt. 

Speyside 1995, bottled 2009. Sherry Butt. 

2 x Longmorn 1996, bottled 2009. 

Ben Nevis 1997, bottled 2009. 

Miltonduff 1998, bottled 2009. 

Craigellachie 1999, bottled 2009. 

Glengoyne 2000, bottled 2009. 

The Unnameable 2001, bottled 2011. 

Benrinnes 2002, bottled 2009.

Clynelish 2003, bottled 2009.

Glen Ord 2004, bottled 2009. 

Macduff 2005, bottled 2009. 

Glentauchers 2006, bottled 2009. 

Chichibu 2011 Ichiro's Malt Single Cask #4548 / LMDW

Chichibu cask #4548 was distilled 2011 and bottled after finishing in a Belgian Stout cask. 

Selected by La Maison du Whisky. The label features the artwork Mangacamo #3 by Fantasista Utamaro.

One of 250 bottles.

Caol Ila 20 Year Old 150th Anniversary

A stunning bottle of Caol Ila released in 1996 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Caol Ila, which opened in 1846.

A very rare bottling only ever originally released to employees within Diageo.

Chichibu 2011 Ichiro's Malt Single Cask #4548 / LMDW

Chichibu cask #4548 was distilled 2011 and bottled after finishing in a Belgian Stout cask. 

Selected by La Maison du Whisky. The label features the artwork Mangacamo #3 by Fantasista Utamaro.

One of 250 bottles.

Cognac Napoleon 1811 Grand Fine Champagne

A particularly old bottling of 1811 vintage Napoleon Cognac.

Chichibu 2010 Ichiro's Malt Single Cask #651 / LMDW​

Exclusively 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.

The label featured the 2011 artwork Night Owl by Tay Bak Chiang.

Chichibu 2011 Ichiro's Malt Single Cask #5080 / LMDW

Chichibu cask #5080 was distilled 2011 and bottled after finishing in an ex-Burgundy wine cask. 

Selected by La Maison du Whisky. The label features the artwork Mangacamo #2 by Fantasista Utamaro.

One of 210 bottles.

Chichibu 2011 Ichiro's Malt Single Cask #5080 / LMDW

Chichibu cask #5080 was distilled 2011 and bottled after finishing in an ex-Burgundy wine cask. 

Selected by La Maison du Whisky. The label features the artwork Mangacamo #2 by Fantasista Utamaro.

One of 210 bottles.

Caroni 2000 Single Cask 17 Year Old #R4008 Full Proof / TWE

A full proof heavy Trinidad rum, distilled at the lost Caroni distillery and fully matured on the Caribbean island.

Distilled in 2000 and aged 17 years before being bottled from single cask #R4008 (Imported from Trinidad by Velier), which was specially selected for the Whisky Exchange.

One of only 238 bottles produced at a whopping cask strength of 70.4%.

Unusually for rums of this age, this cask was matured exclusively in Trinidad, where the climate leads to a far higher angel's share and more rapid ageing.

The Angel Share of this cask was > 75%

Chichibu Ichiro's Malt London Edition 2018

Ichiro Akuto's Chichibu distillery has be producing malts for a while now, this was released in 2018 and appears to be the first instalment in an annual London Edition series.

Bottle 302 of 929.

Campari Bitter 12 x 1 Litre 1970s / Case

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

We estimate these bottles to be from around the 1970s, and come with their original case. 

This lot has a 12 bottle shipping fee.

Caol Ila 1983 Samaroli

Bottled in 2015 from single cask #1461.

Bottle number 36 of only 250 produced.

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 572 of 3972.

Caroni 2000 Single Cask 15 Year Old #3790

A full proof heavy Trinidad rum, distilled at the lost Caroni distillery and fully matured on the Caribbean island.

Distilled in 2000 and aged 15 years before being bottled from single cask #3790, which was specially selected by Paul Ulrich of Velier.

Angel share > 71%

Chichibu 2013 Ichiro's Malt Single Cask #2588 / Velier 70th Anniversary​

A single cask Chichibu distilled in 2013 and matured in a single first fill sherry hogshead. Bottled in 2017 for the 70th anniversary of Italian import company, Velier.

The label features artwork The Red Point by Jun Inoue.

Italian import.