The lucky winner also gets to enjoy an all-expenses-paid distillery experience at the brand’s sprawling estate in Craigellachie. Age, rarity and provenance once again, the holy trinity for collectors.”Ī portion of proceeds from the sale were donated to The Macallan’s Artisan Collective forum, benefiting aspiring creators.

“One of one versions of special single malts are highly coveted, and we saw competitive bids playing out as the sale began to close, pushing the final price ever higher, to nearly three times over estimate. “This extraordinary result for the oldest whisky ever to come to auction is thoroughly deserved,” he said in a written statement after the auction closed on October 5. Barely nine months later, it’s nearly tripled in value.Īnd you should have seen that sort of appreciation coming, according to Jonny Fowle, who heads up Sotheby’s rapidly expanding whisky and spirits division. To wit, if you were lucky enough to find The Reach at retail (you should probably spend more time in Vegas) it would have set you back just $125,000. But even the most disturbing of adolescent callbacks couldn’t adversely affect the value of malt this rare and of this exceptional a pedigree. It pours from a squatty vessel, which comes cradled in a sculpture of three bronze hands recalling the creepy scene in Labyrinth that gave us all night terrors as children. The Macallan initially released 288 decanters of the liquid back in February of this year. entered World War II, resting patiently in a single sherry-seasoned oak cask since 1940. The Reach is an 81-year-old offering from the revered Speyside distillery, making it the oldest single malt ever released.

This wasn’t an ordinary bottle of Scotch, mind you. When the hammer dropped, it was nabbed by a UK private collector for a jaw-dropping $325,740. Earlier this October, Sotheby’s in London listed a single bottle of Macallan 81-Year-Old Single Malt for auction. If you thought record inflation and the threat of global recession was going to slow down the ultra-premium whisky market, we’ve got some news for you.

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