A new world record has been set for the most expensive single bottle of japanese whisky sold at auction after a 50 year old yamazaki fetched hk 2 695 000 us 343 318 in hong kong.
Suntory yamazaki single malt 50 year old whiskey.
The yamazaki single malt whisky distiller s reserve 66 78 yamazaki 1995 bottled 2010 the owner s cask 6 461 36 yamazaki 12 year old 134 73.
Since then it has acquired something of a cult following and for good reason.
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Malt whisky whiskey is usually made from barley which has a particularly affinity with the malting process and was al.
Yamazaki is suntory s flagship single malt whisky from japan s first and oldest malt distillery.
In august 2018 a bottle of 50 year old yamazaki one of only 50 bottles the distillery produced sold at auction for hk 2 695 000 343 318 a price that exceeded its presale estimate by some.
After more than a half century of aging a mere 150 bottles of this expression are released each year.
The bottle which recently broke the world record for the highest amount paid at auction for a bottle of japanese single malt whisky when it sold for 343 000 at bonhams in august.
This 12 year old first came onto the market in 1984 and was the first seriously marketed japanese single malt whisky.
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