How much does the ‘most expensive whiskey in the world’ cost to go up for auction in the UK

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The cask was distilled in 1926 and aged in sherry casks for six decades before being bottled in 1986. Only 40 bottles were produced. Macallan Adami 1926 whiskey will be auctioned at Sotheby’s in London on November 18th. Tristan Fewings via BBC A bottle of single malt whiskey from The Macallan distillery will be auctioned in November and has an estimated price of up to 1.2 million pounds sterling, the equivalent of R$7.3 million, according to auction house Sotheby’s . According to experts, Macallan 1926 was known to be the most sought after Scotch whiskey. This was confirmed when a similar bottle was sold in 2019 for a record £1.5 million. This sale will be the first of a bottle from this cask since then. The famous cask was distilled in 1926 and aged in sherry casks for six decades before being bottled in 1986. Only 40 bottles were produced and were not made available for purchase — instead, some were offered to The Macallan’s core customers. The amounts raised at auctions for these bottles over the years have been extraordinary. The 1926 Macallan Adami will be sold at Sotheby’s, in London, on November 18, with an estimated value of £750,000 (R$4.6 million) to £1.2 million (R$7.3 million) . Jonny Fowle, Sotheby’s Global Head of Exotic Drinks, said: “Macallan 1926 is the whiskey that every auctioneer wants to sell and every collector wants to own.” “I’m thrilled to be bringing a bottle to a Sotheby’s auction for the first time since we set the record for this series four years ago,” he said. Jonny Fowle, global head of exotic drinks at Sotheby’s, said: ‘The Macallan 1926 is the whiskey every auctioneer wants to sell.’ Tristan Fewings via BBC Sotheby’s said the 40 bottles from the 1926 barrel were labeled differently. A maximum of 14 were decorated with the iconic Fine and Rare labels, one of which was the record bottle sold in 2019. Two bottles were released without any labels. Of these, one was hand-painted by Irish artist Michael Dillon. When sold in 2018, it became the first bottle of whiskey to exceed the value of 1 million pounds (about R$6 million). Of the remaining bottles, 12 were labeled by pop artist Peter Blake and another 12 were designed by Italian painter Valerio Adami. Although 12 bottles of The Macallan Adami 1926 were produced, it is unknown how many of them still exist. One of them is said to have been destroyed in an earthquake in Japan in 2011, and at least one is believed to have been opened and consumed.

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