The liquid was then bottled last year by Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky, a top independent whisky bottling company. The whisky was matured in two sister casks in The Macallan's Speyside warehouse for 32-years. They will become the owners of an exclusive 32-year-old single-malt Scotch from what is widely regarded as one of the world's best distilleries, The Macallan.” Guinness World Records certified the bottle last year, while any amount the upcoming sale achieves above £1.3 million, 25 per cent will be donated to the Marie Curie charity.Īccording to Wales Online, Colin Fraser, of Lyon & Turnbull – who will lead the auction, said, “Bidders will have the chance to buy a piece of Scotch whisky history. (image via The Balvenie) Note that this list is based on average prices excluding tax. The Macallan Michael Dillon 1926 60-Year-Old. This Balvenie 50 year old Scotch is typical of a whisky that might appear in this list. Macallan Fine and Rare Series 60-year-old whisky may have set a new world record for being the highest auction price, breaking the 1.2 million previous record in 2019. Prices range from 10,000 to about 30,000 depending on demand and the year of its bottling. What Made It Expensive: Macallan 1926 holds the world record of being the single whisky sold with the highest auction price 1. Least expensive but certainly not cheap on this list is The Macallan in Lalique 65 Years Old single malt scotch whisky at 107,441. One of the most expensive mass produced whiskeys in the world. It contains the equivalent of 444 standard bottles and may break the world record for the most expensive bottle of whisky ever sold at $1.9 million, according to Wales Online. The Macallan in Lalique 65 Years Old 107,441. To create the list, Wine-Searcher combed its extensive database of global wine and spirits purveyors to take the average price of each bottle below.The bottle, known as The Intrepid, is 5-feet 11-inches tall and will be auctioned by an Edinburgh-based auction house. Henri IV Dudognon Heritage Cognac Grande Champagne 2 Million ACQUADICRISTALLO/YouTube Also known as ‘the DNA of cognac,’ this tasty drop has been aged for an incredible 100 years. This makes it one of the rarest whiskies of all time. It’s hard to find this Whisky at ordinary auctions. Whisky belongs to 24 bottles limited edition series. Predicted to go for around £200,000 at auction, The Macallan Red Collection ended up selling for over triple this figure. Of course, if you are fortunate enough to be able to buy two bottles–one to drink and one to hold onto–that seems like a pretty baller move. Leading the auction is the world’s most expensive bottle of whisky The Macallan 1926 Fine and Rare 60 Year Old. The Macallan Michal Dillon contains a 60-year-old matured spirit first crafted in 1926. The Macallan 1926- 1.5 million Macallan, 60 years old, sells for a staggering amount of USD 1.5 million. The reality is that most of these whiskies will eventually be purchased by collectors who will never actually crack open the bottle, instead waiting to flip it on the secondary market as its value increases (which is a pretty safe bet these days). That’s the steepest price ever paid for a bottle of whiskey in recorded history. Many of their core range cost around 100. And I don’t just mean the rare bottles that keep breaking records for the most expensive whisky ever sold (in the millions). They’re also one of the most expensive whisky brands in the world. The whiskey sold for almost 630,000 at a 2014 Sotheby’s auction in Hong Kong. The Macallan is the second or third best-selling single-malt scotch whisky brand in the world. Ardbeg, which recently sold the single most expensive cask of whisky on record, isn’t on the list, but the barrel was sold to a private collector so you can’t actually find a bottle to purchase.Ī very old and rarified Japanese whisky from Yamazaki has made the list (topped it, actually), with some other key spots held by Islay distillery Bowmore and Scottish independent bottler Gordon & Macphail. The most expensive whisky in the world is the Macallan M bottle. It’s made in small batches and is a delicious sipping whiskey with subtle hints of smokey sweetness. If you follow expensive whiskey, it’s no surprise that this top ten list is dominated by The Macallan, which is known for releasing some of the highest priced single malt scotch that you can find.
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