Astronomical sum at auction for a bottle of whiskey from 1926

A bottle of 1926 Macallan whiskey has sold at a Sotheby’s auction in London for an astronomical sum of £2.1 million, breaking the record set in 2019 for the most expensive spirit ever sold at auction by 1, 5 million British pounds.

Sotheby’s head of spirits Jonny Fowle told AFP he had the chance to taste a drop of the famous whiskey shortly before the auction began.

A bottle of Scotch whiskey billed as “the most sought-after” in the world has sold for a record $2.7 million at auction.

Just 40 bottles of The Macallan 1926 were bottled in 1986 after being aged in sherry casks for 60 years.

Read more: https://t.co/vAsFJU7ecu pic.twitter.com/z3i29myZLd

— ABC News (@ABC) November 20, 2023

“I tried a small drop,” he told the French agency. “It’s very rich, has a lot of dried fruit as you would expect, a lot of spice, a lot of wood.”

🥃💷 Une bouteille du whiskey le plus cher du monde, un flacon de 75 cl de Macallan 1926, s’est vendue plus de 2 million de livres sterling (2.5 million d’euros) aux enchères à Londres, beating un précédent record established in 2019, according to Sotheby’s auction house #AFP pic.twitter.com/QcsSaYUoHV

— Agence France-Presse (@afpfr) November 18, 2023

He added that the whiskey spent 60 years maturing in dark oak sherry casks, which is reflected in the color. “It is not a whiskey to be taken lightly. It’s a rich, rich dram, but it’s incredible.”

The 1926 Adami is the oldest Macallan ever produced with just 40 bottles having been bottled in 1986. However, they were not marketed but instead offered to Macallan’s top customers.