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September 2016 Auction

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Started
23 September 2016
Closed
03 October 2016
1 - 32 of 459 Lots
60.1%
70cl
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60.1%
70cl

Hanyu and Chichibu Ghost Series #8 / One of 26 Bottles

A blended malt of Chichibu and Hanyu created as part of Ghost Series. This bottling was created by Ichiro Akuto for \"Spirits for small change\", A bi-annual charity event that focuses on Whisky. This bottle was launched at the event held on the 3rd of July 2016.

Limited to only 26 bottles, two were opened and enjoyed at the event. One was raffled off and three were auctioned over the evening. The remaining 20 were sold at Malt City. All the original procedes from this bottling were used for Japanese children's charities. 

This is bottle number 12 of 26 bottles. 

 

42.2%
70cl
UK
42.2%
70cl

Highland Park 1964 / Orcadian Vintage 

A truly remarkable Highland Park, distilled in 1964 this is the oldest release as part of their 'Orcadian Vintage Series'.

Released in 2009 this was a vatting of two hogsheads, casks #8737 and #8738 yielded only 290 bottles.  

The presentation as always with Highland Park is spectacular, a hard wood case with a silver Highland Park amulet logo inlay and a stunning black glass bottle.

57.5%
70cl
UK
57.5%
70cl

Hanyu 1988 Ichiro's Malt 'Card' #7100 / Eight of Clubs​

Distilled in 1988 and bottled in 2011 from cask number 7100. 

Initially matured in hogshead prior to being finished in American oak puncheon.

Bottle number 201 of 561.

Please note condition of bac label as shown

60%
70cl
UK
60%
70cl

Hanyu 2000 Ichiro's Malt 'Card' #9100 / Five of Hearts​

Distilled in 2000 and bottled in 2008. 

Originally bottled in a hogshead then finished in a French oak Cognac cask. 

Bottle number 113 of 326.

Please note the condition of the labels.  

52.4%
70cl
UK
52.4%
70cl

Hanyu 1990 Ichiro's Malt 'Card' #9032 / Ten of Clubs​

Distilled in 1990 and bottled in 2008 from single cask #9032.

Matured in a hogshead and finished in a Pedro Ximenez Sherry Butt

Bottle number 99 of 576.

43%
70cl
UK
43%
70cl

Hibiki 30 Year Old

Hibiki 30 year old is a very popular and stunning blend produced by Suntory.  Here is a hint of it's success  -

  • International Spirits Challenge Trophy 2004 
  • International Spirits Challenge Trophy 2006 
  • Word Whisky Awards 2007 - World's Best Blended Whisky 
  • International Spirits Challenge Trophy 2007 
  • Word Whisky Awards 2008 - World's Best Blended Whisky 
  • International Spirits Challenge Trophy 2008 
43%
70cl
UK
43%
70cl

Hibiki 30 Year Old

Hibiki 30 year old is a very popular and stunning blend produced by Suntory.  Here is a hint of it's success  -

  • International Spirits Challenge Trophy 2004 
  • International Spirits Challenge Trophy 2006 
  • Word Whisky Awards 2007 - World's Best Blended Whisky 
  • International Spirits Challenge Trophy 2007 
  • Word Whisky Awards 2008 - World's Best Blended Whisky 
  • International Spirits Challenge Trophy 2008 

The praise heaped on this whisky is huge!

43%
70cl
UK
43%
70cl

Hibiki 30 Year Old

Hibiki 30 year old is a very popular and stunning blend produced by Suntory.  Here is a hint of it's success  -

  • International Spirits Challenge Trophy 2004 
  • International Spirits Challenge Trophy 2006 
  • Word Whisky Awards 2007 - World's Best Blended Whisky 
  • International Spirits Challenge Trophy 2007 
  • Word Whisky Awards 2008 - World's Best Blended Whisky 
  • International Spirits Challenge Trophy 2008 
43%
70cl
UK
43%
70cl

Hibiki 30 Year Old

Hibiki 30 year old is a very popular and stunning blend produced by Suntory.  Here is a hint of it's success  -

  • International Spirits Challenge Trophy 2004 
  • International Spirits Challenge Trophy 2006 
  • Word Whisky Awards 2007 - World's Best Blended Whisky 
  • International Spirits Challenge Trophy 2007 
  • Word Whisky Awards 2008 - World's Best Blended Whisky 
  • International Spirits Challenge Trophy 2008 
43%
70cl
UK
43%
70cl

Hibiki 30 Year Old

Hibiki 30 year old is a very popular and stunning blend produced by Suntory.  Here is a hint of it's success  -

  • International Spirits Challenge Trophy 2004 
  • International Spirits Challenge Trophy 2006 
  • Word Whisky Awards 2007 - World's Best Blended Whisky 
  • International Spirits Challenge Trophy 2007 
  • Word Whisky Awards 2008 - World's Best Blended Whisky 
  • International Spirits Challenge Trophy 2008 
56.3%
70cl
UK
56.3%
70cl

Highland Park 35 Year Old The John \"Just Too Good To Be True\"

A very very rare bottling of Highland Park released to celebrate 35 years of innovative brand building by John McDermott for Edrington.

35 Year Old drawn from Cask #13352

52.6%
70cl
UK
52.6%
70cl

Lagavulin 1976 30 Year Old

A highly sought after bottle of Lagavulin, the oldest official release until the 37 year old from the same vintage came along.

Distilled in 1976 and released within Diageo's Super Premium selection back in 2006.

Limited to 2,340 bottles.

Please note condition.

44.7%
70cl
UK
44.7%
70cl

Highland Park 20 Year Old Rebus

Ian Rankin's fictional Detective Rebus has been solving Edinburgh crimes for 20 years, this bottle was released in 2007 to celebrate this. 

Rankin specially selected this cask and the author and special friends were given the bottles as gifts, it was never available for purchase. 

A 20 year old Highland Park presented in an excellently crafted wooden box. 

One of the most rare and collectable Highland Parks available. 

One of only 150 bottles.

Signed by Ian Rankin himself.

62.7%
70cl
UK
62.7%
70cl

St Magdalene 20 Year Old / 100 Years of Waterloo

One of the few old official bottlings from this incredible distillery.

Distilled in March 1978 and matured for 20 years in a refill European oak cask.

This was bottled by UDV (Diageo) in 1998 to celebrate 100 years at Ainslie & Heilbron's buildings at 64 Waterloo Street in Glasgow.  

Bottle number 307 of 396. 

Includes letter of authenticity. 

54.4%
70cl
UK
54.4%
70cl

Lochside 1966 Signatory Vintage 40 Year Old

Old vintages of Lochside are increasingly rarer and rarer, the distillery was founded in 1957 however single malt examples only date from the early 1960s.  The distillery also produced grain whiskies, allowing the malt and grain from this lost distillery to increase in demand and become highly sought after. This is a fantastic example of Lochside, distilled in the mid 1960s from Signatory Vintage.

Distilled on 22nd December 1966 and matured in a single sherry hogshead until bottling on 29th June 2007.  This exceptional cask #7536 yielded only 213 bottles of which this is number 166.

Please note the minor scratch on the box.

46%
70cl
UK
46%
70cl

Springbank 30 Year Old Limited Edition

An superb older expression from this Campbeltown classic.

Please note the condition of this lot.

59.5%
70cl
UK
59.5%
70cl

Hanyu 2000 'The Game' Single Cask #1302 Mizunara Wood Finish

This is a bottle from a Japanese food and spirits importer called Shinanoya exclusively for the Japanese market.

This is the fifth release in their acclaimed \"The Game\" series which contains Hanyu from the final year that the distillery was producing.

This was finished in Mizunara Wood 

Bottle number 242 of 299

75cl
UK
75cl

Springbank 12 Year Old Green Thistle / 100 Proof

A 1990s bottling of Springbank 12 year old, with a 'Green Thistle' on the label. 

100 Proof Bottling

46.6%
70cl
UK
46.6%
70cl

Laphroaig 32 Year Old

One of several new Laphroaig's released to commemorate their 200th anniversary, 1815 to 2015.

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

Only 5,880 bottles were produced.

40%
70cl
UK
40%
70cl

Longmorn 1962 Gordon and MacPhail

A gorgeous vintage of Longmorn bottled by Gordon and MacPhail.

Please note condition of label.

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63.5%
70cl
UK
63.5%
70cl

Lagavulin 1978 Cadenhead's Cask Strength

Lagavulin bottled as long ago as this is highly sought after.  Very few independent bottlings exist from this famous Islay distillery, Cadenhead's have been lucky to bottle a few.  

This 1978 vintage from single cask #129 was bottled by Cadenhead's at an impressive 64.9%.

46%
75cl
UK
46%
75cl

Springbank 21 Year Old 1980s 75cl / US Import 

The 21 year old Springbank is incredibly popular for drinkers and collectors, usually selling out in shops very quickly! This edition was from the late 1980s/ early 1990s and refered to as the \"Parchment label\".

Presented in quite an eye catching box.

43%
75cl
UK
43%
75cl

Laphroaig 15 Year Old 1980s

Stunning old bottle of Laphroaig bottled during the 1980s and well before the Royal Warrant was issued.

75cl

43%
70cl
UK
43%
70cl

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 (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 

Please note condition. 

56.5%
70cl
UK
56.5%
70cl

Lagavulin 1993 Feis Ile 2007 First Single Cask

Lagavulin’s first ever single cask release for the Feis Ile.

Distilled in 1993 and drawn from the cask on the 18th of April 2007. Cask #4893 was Selected by Iain McArthur.

Bottle number 208 of 708.

58.1%
70cl
UK
58.1%
70cl

Springbank 1993 Private Cask 22 Year Old / V.E's Cask

V.E's private cask of Springbank, bottled officially.

\"Matured for 22 years in a single first fill Sherry Cask and treated with love.\" Absolutely stunning.

45%
75cl
UK
45%
75cl

Sazerac 18 Year Old Spring 2014

Bottled in the spring of 2014.

Sazerac 18 year ol is widely regarded as one of the best Rye whiskies in the world.

 

 

61.2%
70cl
UK
61.2%
70cl

Longmorn 1969 Gordon and MacPhail Cask Strength

Two different casks married together to create this cracking old Longmorn.

#3721 - 30th June 1969

#5297 - 6th November 1969

Bottled October 1993

 

 

46%
70cl
UK
46%
70cl

Hanyu 15 Year Old Ichiro’s Malt 

A fantastic release from Akuto Ichiro, this 15 year old was distilled in 1995 and bottled in 2010.

Hanyu, is increasingly popular at auction, the distillery was dismantled after closure in 2000 and has quickly taken pride of place alongside Karuizawa as the most in demand Japanese whiskies at auction.

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63.80%
70cl
UK
63.80%
70cl

St Magdalene 1979 Rare Malt 19 Year Old

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.

A spectacular bottling of St Magdalene, released as part of Diageo's famous 'Rare Malt Selection'.  

Distilled in 1979 and bottled as a 19 year old at a healthy 63.80%, this is bottle number 2206

Please note condition of lot as shown.

43%
70cl
UK
43%
70cl

Highland Park 1968 Hart Brothers 27 Year Old

A stunning vintage Highland Park from 1968, bottled by Hart Brothers after 27 years.

Portuguese import.

Matured in a sherry cask.

Please note condition of the label.

52.1%
70cl
UK
52.1%
70cl

Highland Park Thor 16 Year Old

The first in Highland Park's Valhalla series released in 2012 which also comprises of  the Loki and Freya released over the next two consecutive years.

This 16 year old Highland Park is a limited edition of 23,000 bottles.  

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