Even as the world seems too ill-afford to care about anything else but the ongoing pandemic, looks like when it comes to the price of rare and collectable whisky, it certainly seems like the only way is up!
And looks like it is predominantly Scotch that commands the mightiest price tags amongst global collectors. Suppose whisky aficionados would find it unsurprising that The Macallan reigns supreme when it comes to smashing records under the hammer. In fact, no other Scotch whisky brand comes close…
Hanyu Ichiro’s Full Card Series
This highly sought-after collection comprises 54 bottles, each representing a playing card in a deck. Just last year, this collection of ultrarare Japanese whiskies shattered its previous 2019 record by US$600,000 to sell for US$1.52m!
The renowned Hanyu distillery was established in 1941 by Isouji Akuto, who came from a long line of sake brewers. Before it ceased in 2000, Akuto’s grandson conserved 400 casks of fine whisky from the distillery. From these casks, he hand-selected each whisky (or card), which was then released between 2005 and 2014 to create the Full Card Series.
