Each bottle from the set is named after the netsuke around its neck. The second reason why Macallan whiskies are so expensive is because they’re distilled in very small stills. From the third-generation papermaker who made the label by hand to the cabinetmaker who modeled the wenge wood case - also by hand - to look like traditional Japanese puzzle boxes, every piece of the presentation of this Karuizawa 1960 has been expertly crafted. This particular 52-year-old single malt whisky, which sold back in 2018 for HK$2,450,000 (~$312,212), is the oldest from the Japanese distillery and one of only 41 ever bottled. Since it became defunct in 2001 and didn’t achieve international recognition until some years later when an independent bottler began bottling single casks of its whisky, Karuizawa has become increasingly rare simply because its stock is drying up. So let’s break out our checkbooks and try to preserve these expensive whiskies any way we can. And as the decades roll by, more and more of these bottles get consumed, broken, or lost. At the end of the day, spirits are made to drink. Matured in a combination of oak casks and distiled to 46 ABV, the mighty Yamazaki 55-Year-Old is. Because it’s so delicious, whisky is not a good that lasts forever. At long last, we get to an outrageously expensive whisky not named The Macallan 1926 60-Year-Old. Not only has Japanese whisky gotten its well-deserved recognition this past half a decade, but Scotch sales have been hitting record numbers worldwide as well. For one, of the 10 bottles, only three distilleries are represented in total, which tells you how certain labels have cornered the market on covetable liquors, be it prestige or rarity or just downright quality.Īs you make your way through the list, you’ll also notice that these 10 bottles - note we said “bottles” and not “decanters” or “casks” - have all been sold in the last 5 years or less. We’ve searched high and low researching the most expensive whiskies ever sold at auction, and we’ve discovered a few glaring trends. There’s a reason why the most expensive bottles of alcohol ever sold are of the single malt variety.
More than any other spirit, whisky has a certain enigma.
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