The 1926 drink was auctioned at Sotheby's in London
A rare 1926 Scotch whiskey was sold for a record 2.1 million pounds, gaining fame as the most expensive bottle of spirits in the world.
The record for the most expensive bottle of whiskey in the world was broken after a bottle of Macallan from 1926 sold for £2.1 million at Sotheby's in London.
As The Guardian writes, the sale established a new record for any bottle of liquor or wine sold at auction, the auction house told AFP.
The rare bottle was expected to fetch between £750,000 and £1.2 million, but on Saturday it beat estimates to fetch £2,187,500.
One of the 1926 Macallan bottles set the previous record for the most expensive bottle ever sold in 2019, when it was bought at Sotheby's for £1.5 million, The Guardian recalls.
Head of Whiskey Sotheby's Johnny Fowle told AFP that he was allowed to taste the valuable drink before the sale.
Fowle said: “I tried a tiny drop – just a tiny drop – this drink. It is very rich, it has a lot of dried fruits, as you would expect, a lot of spices, a lot of wood.
The auction representative added that the drink had lain for 60 years in dark European oak, which was reflected in the color. “This whiskey is not to be taken lightly. It's a rich drink, but it's incredible”– said Fowl.
As The Guardian notes, Adami whiskey 1926 release – the oldest vintage Macallan ever produced. The spirit was bottled after sixty years of aging in sherry casks.
The bottles are among just 40 that Macallan, based in Moray, Northern Scotland, have confirmed were bottled from barrels No. 263 in 1986. However, they were not available for purchase and were instead offered to Macallan's leading clients.
Records are broken every time something comes up for auction: between 2018 and 2019, the record was broken three times in three various variations: Sir Peter Blake, Michael Dillon and Fine and Rare.
Record-breaking bottle – One of 12 Macallan bottles from 1926, whose labels were designed by Italian artist Valerio Adami in 1993. What makes this drink unique is that it was the first to undergo a refurbishment at the Macallan distillery, which included replacing the capsule and cap and taking a 1ml sample of the liquid for comparison with another bottle from 1926 at the Edrington office in Glasgow.