TWO EXCEPTIONAL BOWMORES AT BONHAMS FINE WHISKY SALE IN LONDON
Bowmore Fino Cask-37-year-old 1946. Estimate: £14,000-16,000 (left). Bowmore Bourbon Cask-38-year-old 1946. Estimate: £14,000-16,000 (proper)
Two bottles of outstanding Bowmore – a 38-year old-1964 distilled in Bourbon casks and a 37-year old-1964 distilled in Fino sherry casks – characteristic in Bonhams subsequent High-quality Whisky sale in London on Thursday 29 September. Every bottle is estimated at £14,000-16,000.
Diego Lanza, Bonhams Whisky specialist stated: “These bottles are a part of Bowmore’s legendary 1964 trilogy (the third was matured in Oloroso casks).1964 is extensively thought-about to be the distillery’s Surprise Yr and these two single malts definitely bear that out. They have been matured within the #1 vaults at Morrison’s Bowmore Distillery’s – the oldest in Scotland and the one vaults under sea stage. Every launch was restricted to 300 making them scarce and really fascinating to collectors.”
Different highlights embrace:
Hanyu Ichiro’s Malt-7 of Hearts. Estimate: £8,500-9,500 (left). Johnnie Walker Swing-1956. Estimate: £3,000-5,000 (centre). Springbank-24 yr old-1966. Estimate: £5,000-7,000 (proper).
- Hanyu Ichiro’s Malt-7 of Hearts. Distilled at Hanyu Distillery, Japan 1990 and bottled in 2007. One of many well-known Malt Card Sequence created by Ichiro Akuto from mature inventory he bought from the Hanyu distillery (based by his grandfather within the Nineteen Forties) which had stopped manufacturing in 2000. Estimate: £8,500-9,500.
- Springbank-24 yr old-1966. Distilled by J. & A. Mitchell & Co., Ltd. Springbank Distillery in January 1996. Matured in Sherry Casks and bottled in June 1990. Estimate: £5,000-7,000.
- Johnnie Walker Swing-1956. J. W. & S. Ltd., bottled to commemorate the opening of the brand new premises of John Walker & Sons Ltd. at Hill Road, Kilmarnock on eleventh September 1956. It has a stopper cork, and the lead capsule is embossed ‘SWING’. Estimate: £3,000-5,000.
- Glenfiddich-47 yr old-1964. Distilled spring 1964 by the Glendfiddich Distillery and bottled beneath bond in Scotland for J. & J. Hunter Ltd., Balmoral Street, Belfast in July 2011.That is bottle 014 of a restricted version of 24. Estimate: £3,500-5,000.
Sale: High-quality Whisky Sale
Location: 101 New Bond Road, London W1S 1SRDate: Thursday 29 September beginning at 13.00 BST
Hyperlink to catalogue: High-quality Whisky
NOTES
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