Aberlour 12 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (750ml)97 $44.99 View

97 points Wine Enthusiast

 Aged in oak and former Sherry casks, this enticing Scotch has a ripe red-apple scent and rich salted caramel and butterscotch on the palate. It’s powerful, with a thick, buttery feel and a long finish of lip-smacking spice cake and sea brine notes. (KN)  (12/2015)

Whisky Advocate

 Somehow this 12 year old—a mix of sherry and American oak—is overlooked by malt lovers heading straight to the mental world of a’Bunadh. This is Aberlour at a crucial point in its growth: you’ve lost the maltiness of the 10 year old, but there’s none of the heavy toffee and licorice of a’Bunadh or older expressions. Here it’s sweet fruits in charge: red apple, black currant, plum. The sherry has added depth, the American oak honey. Length and balance. (DB, Summer 2013) 

DECEMBER OUTTURN 

Looking for some Christmas whisky inspiration? Then head to the website and explore the new December Outturn. We have a bumper edition of 35 glitzy drams available. Head to the website now to prepare your wish list.

OUTTURN HUB

ALL WHISKIES

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, The Vaults, 87 Giles Street, Leith EH6 6BZ

Contact: sales@smws.com or call 0131 555 2929 (Mon-Fri 9am-4.45pm). Visit the Society at here for membership information

This is your chance to join and to take advantage of their great offers!

Spot the SMWS bottles in this amusing You Tube video

BONHAMS LEADS THE WORLDWIDE WHISKY MARKET FOR MORE THAN A DECADE

 FINE AND RARE WHISKY SALE ON 19 NOVEMBER

·         More Than 100 Lots of Karuizawa Whisky 94% Sold and Totalling HK$16.2Million – Highest Total Realised for a Group of Karuizawa at Auction

·         Total Sell-Through Rate: 87%

·         Sale Total: HK$36.2million, eclipsing Pre-Sale High Estimate

·         Japanese Whisky more than 90% Sold

·         Macallan Lalique-57 Year Old Sells for HK$930,000, Exceeding High Estimate

·         Browse all results here: https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/27053/

Top Lot of the 19 November sale:

A bottle of Karuizawa-1964-51 year old-#1917

Sold for HK$1,178,000; Estimate: HK$850,000-1,200,000 

Commenting on the result, Daniel Lam, Bonhams Director of Wine and Spirits, Asia, said: “2021 has been an extraordinary year for whisky at Bonhams. Our Wine and Whisky sales in Hong Kong, offering predominantly whiskies, have achieved a yearly total of HK$124million, once again hitting the HK$100million milestone since the record year of 2018. The market is clearly resilient, with robust demand for whiskies across all price points, and for Japanese and Scotch whisky alike. We are pleased to continue our worldwide market leadership in whisky and look forward to an exciting year in 2022.”

Please find below further notable results for Bonhams whisky in Hong Kong in 2021:

·         In January’s Hong Kong Whisky Sale, a classic Macallan Lalique-50 year old sold for an impressive HK$1,054,000, against an estimate of HK$750,000-900,000.

·         In March’s A Nippon Whisky Collection Online Sale, all 82 lots of Japanese whisky were 100% sold, with over 60% selling above their high estimates.

·         In May’s Fine and Rare Wine & Whisky sale, Bonhams set a new auction record for the Karuizawa ‘Samurai’ series.

·         In August’s Fine and Rare Whisky sale, a Macallan-1991 cask set a new auction record price. The cask yielding 202 bottles sold for HK$4,464,000 – the highest per-bottle price (HK$22,099) for any whisky cask at auction

Sale: Fine and Rare Wine and Whisky

19 November 2021Bonhams Hong Kong, 20/F, One Pacific Place, Admiralty, Hong Kong

NOTES

Bonhams, founded in 1793, is one of the world’s largest and most renowned auctioneers, offering fine art and antiques, motor cars and jewellery. The main salerooms are in London, New York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong, with auctions also held in Knightsbridge, Edinburgh, Paris, San Francisco and Sydney. With a worldwide network of offices and regional representatives in 22 countries, Bonhams offers advice and valuation services in 60 specialist areas. For a full list of forthcoming auctions, plus details of Bonhams specialist departments, please visit bonhams.com. bonhams.com

WHISKY SALE

HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS 

Raise a glass of something special this year with one of the rare whiskies coming up in Tennants Auctioneers’ Whisky Sale on 17^th December. Timed perfectly for stocking up for Christmas, the sale offers a fantastic selection of single malt whiskies for collecting and drinking.

The highlight of the sale, however, is a Hogshead cask of 1995 Tobermory Single Malt Whisky, to be offered for the first time at auction. Held in bond at Deanston Distillery, near Stirling, the barrel contains 137 litres of whisky and is on offer with an estimate of £15,000-20,000 plus buyer’s premium.

Further highlights from the whisky section of the sale include a bottle of ‘The Edwardian’, a private bottling of Macallan 31-Year-Old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (estimate: £1,000-1,500), a 1980s bottling of Longrow 14-Year-Old Campbeltown Single Malt Whisky (estimate: £1,000-1,500), and a bottle of Benriach 1966 35-year-old Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky (estimate: £800-1,000).

A fully illustrated catalogue for the sale will be available on our website, www.tennants.co.uk, leading up to the sale, alternatively, please contact the salerooms for further details.

NB: Prices quoted are an estimated hammer price, which is subject to 20% buyer’s premium plus VAT. Estimates are subject to change. 

SALE: WHISKY

Auction: 17^th December 2021

Private viewing can be arranged by contacting Wine and Whisky Specialist William McNab on william.mcnab@tennants-ltd.co.uk or calling 01969 623780 

A fully illustrated catalogue will be available on our website leading up to the sale. www.tennants.co.uk

• Tennants Auctioneers is a fourth-generation family business and is one of the UK’s largest international Antiques and Fine Art auctioneers. Situated in Leyburn, North Yorkshire, Tennants holds over 80 sales a year.

• Tennants connects more than 200,000 buyers and sellers a year.
• As a family business, Tennants stays true to its Yorkshire heritage and offers its clients unrivalled service, expertise and value.
• In 2014 Tennants expanded the Auction Centre to 80,000sq ft with the development of The Garden Rooms – a dedicated venue for events, weddings, conferences and exhibitions. The venue is one of the region’s largest event spaces with a capacity of over 600 people.

LAPHROAIG 10 YEAR OLD, CASK STRENGTH BATCH 14

Emphatic, full bodied and utterly unforgettable, 10 Year Old Original Cask Strength Laphroaig is the authentic way to experience the rugged character of their uncompromising Scotch whisky. This Islay single malt is non chill filtered and bottled at natural cask strength. This gives it a depth of genuine tasting and texture normally associated with sampling a whisky at its source.

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Craigellachie 13 Year Old
PX Sherry Puncheon

Craigellachie 2007

Infrequent Flyers Batch #8 has arrived including a Pedro Ximénez sherry puncheon matured Craigellachie. Expect dark chocolate, cherries and sultana notes. MAXIMUM 1 BOTTLE PER CUSTOMER.

Nose: Toasted oak, treacle toffee and caramelised Demerara sugar.

Taste: Rich and densely flavoured. Liqueur-esque. Brandy snaps, dark chocolate and Morello cherries. Intense raisin and sultana. Quite a peppery note at the back.

Craigellachie Distillery sits in the village of the same name having been designed by the renowned distillery architect Charles C. Doig. It was founded by Alexander Edward and Peter Mackie in 1888 and opened in 1891. Craigellachie is one of the few remaining malt whisky distilleries that continues to cool its new spirit in traditional worm tubs. Most of this Speyside whisky flows into White Horse and Dewar’s blends of scotch but it is available in a range of independent bottlings.

Buy – Craigellachie 13 yo – £89.40 / €87* / $99 / c$127

Apogee XII

Apogee XII from Bimber distillery, crafted from selected malt whiskies matured for a minimum of 12 years. These fine malts were then blended together and given additional maturation in ex-bourbon casks that previously held Bimber whisky!

Beautiful presentation, Apogee has been filled into bottle that features hammered glass to represent the surfaces of the Bimber copper stills.

Rated 88 points by Serge via Whisky Fun

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New Riff “K&L Exclusive Single Barrel #17-2055 (Illya’s Barrel)” Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (750ml)

$49.99

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