A week ago I began a three part series on scotch. Here is part 3 with a punch line at the end on the best scotch sold today.
Let me start with really old elixirs, mostly from The Good Life of Cigar Aficionado. The rarest and oldest Islay Single Malt is Bowmore's 1957 54 year old, bottled in a hand-blown platinum encrusted decanter and sold for $160,000 to an American. Proceeds went to five Scottish charities. Eleven bottles are left.
I have a 25 year old standard Bowmore: 12 years old, but purchased 13 years ago. The price of a new 12 year old bottle is around $46. A 25 year old today sells for $317.
The oldest whisky being sold is the 70 year old Mortlach, which can be purchased for a mere $5,269. But, ah, a 64 year old Macallan raised $460,000 at an auction, and holds the Guinness record:
My favorite scotch is Lagavulin, which begins sales at 16 years old because it comes from a colder part of Scotland and needs more time to mature. It costs around $60, but the 30 year old can be found for $1683. I've had a 16 year old bottle of Lagavulin for at least 14 years, so....
Most don't realize that White Horse, a "cheap" scotch (you'll note that there is no age indicated), first blended in 1890, includes Lagavulin. They're both from the same company. White Horse has that hint of smokey peat, and a bottle costs $14. In terms of value, I believe White Horse is the best scotch made.
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