Strictly speaking, if a bottle is on the market it is because a prize recipient chose to sell it on. Diageo) decided had made a significant contribution to modern life. Contributing to its rarity and price is that the whisky was not really made with an eye on even ultra high end sales, but as a publicity item and prize to be given to those the House of Walker (i.e. For starters, it’s a blend of nine casks of 45 to 70 year old whiskies, with a yield of just 200 bottles. This Johnnie Walker, marking the brand’s 200th anniversary, should in no way be confused with any idea of the standard Blue Label that you might have. Here we look at just the Top 10 from ’s list, and examine the background of each of those prized single malts for clues as to just why the whisky is held so dear.ġ0. The same website’s list of the Top 25 most expensive Scotches starts at almost five times as much, $11,865 for The Dalmore Constellation. To a certain extent, the Japanese have been able to piggy back, as fellow whisky (sans “e”) makers working with a similar and related style.Ĭonsider that the aforementioned bourbon, (perhaps over-) hyped as the “best bourbon you’ll never taste,” is listed by at an average retail price of $2,900, roughly the same as an inferior used car. Hirsch 16 Year Old.Īs a result of these considerations and the Scotch industry’s export-driven orientation, the world’s wealthy have pursued aged and excellent whiskies for years, driving the extreme end of the Scotch whisky price range to towering heights. That said, a combination of climate and long decades of international primacy have endowed Scotch with potent, top tier expressions that are truly the stuff of legend, beyond even the most fabled bourbon pours, like A.H. We often say at The Whiskey Reviewer that one of the objective strong points for American whiskey is that it’s usually as good as Scotch whisky, and often much cheaper as well.
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