TWO EXCEPTIONAL BOWMORES AT BONHAMS FINE WHISKY SALE IN LONDON

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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 (right)

Two bottles of exceptional Bowmore – a 38-year old-1964 distilled in Bourbon casks and a 37-year old-1964 distilled in Fino sherry casks – feature in Bonhams next Fine Whisky sale in London on Thursday 29 September. Each bottle is estimated at £14,000-16,000.

Diego Lanza, Bonhams Whisky specialist said: “These bottles are part of Bowmore’s legendary 1964 trilogy (the third was matured in Oloroso casks).1964 is widely considered to be the distillery’s Wonder Year and these two single malts certainly bear that out. They were matured in the Number 1 vaults at Morrison’s Bowmore Distillery’s – the oldest in Scotland and the only vaults below sea level. Each release was restricted to 300 making them scarce and very desirable to collectors.”

Other highlights include:

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 year old-1966. Estimate: £5,000-7,000 (right).

• Hanyu Ichiro’s Malt-7 of Hearts. Distilled at Hanyu Distillery, Japan 1990 and bottled in 2007. One of the famous Malt Card Series created by Ichiro Akuto from mature stock he purchased from the Hanyu distillery (founded by his grandfather in the 1940s) which had stopped production in 2000. Estimate: £8,500-9,500.

• Springbank-24 year 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 new premises of John Walker & Sons Ltd. at Hill Street, Kilmarnock on 11th September 1956. It has a stopper cork, and the lead capsule is embossed ‘SWING’. Estimate: £3,000-5,000. 

• Glenfiddich-47 year old-1964. Distilled spring 1964 by the Glendfiddich Distillery and bottled under bond in Scotland for J. & J. Hunter Ltd., Balmoral Road, Belfast in July 2011.This is bottle 014 of a limited edition of 24. Estimate: £3,500-5,000.

Sale: Fine Whisky Sale

Location: 101 New Bond Street, London W1S 1SRDate: Thursday 29 September starting at 13.00 BST

Link to catalogue: Fine Whisky

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