Finest and Rarest Spirits
珍稀烈酒
Online Auction: 29 August–11 September 2025 • 11:00 AM HKT • Hong Kong | 網上拍賣:2025年8月29日至9月11日 • 上午11:00 HKT • 香港

Finest and Rarest Spirits 29 August–11 September 2025 • 11:00 AM HKT • Hong Kong

W hile luxury whiskies continue to take center stage in the world of spirits, this season, we are excited to present to you an incredible collection of old cognacs that we are honored to have curated. With bottles carrying vintages as far back as the 19th century, and with age statements going up to 3 digits, these bottles not only define what it means to be drinking old, vintages spirits, but also offers the rare opportunity for one to savor history in liquid form. It is only fitting to accompany these old cognacs with a bottle of Macallan 81 Year Old – The Reach, the second oldest whiskies ever bottled, as the top lot of the auction.

奢華威士忌繼續佔據烈酒界舞臺的中心位置,然而,今季蘇富比欣然呈獻多項精心挑選的珍稀陳年干邑。精選酒品年份源遠流長,部分拍品可追溯至十九世紀,酒齡高達三位數字,不僅重新定義品飲陳年珍釀的真諦,更讓人有機會細味化成液態的悠久歷史。同場能與陳年干邑媲美的珍品,當屬高估價拍品麥卡倫的蘇格蘭威士忌The Reach 81年,這是麥卡倫至今酒齡第二高的威士忌。


This auction amounts to a total of 380 lots, with the following categories:
Scotch whiskies and Taiwanese Whiskies: Lot 301–449
Japanese Whiskies and Bourbons: Lot 450–485
Armagnacs and Cognacs: Lot 486–580

本場拍品共計380項,分為以下類別:
蘇格蘭威士忌及台灣威士忌:拍品301 – 449
日本威士忌及美式波本威士忌:拍品450 – 485
雅文邑及干邑:拍品486 – 580


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The Macallan 81 Year Old – The Reach

An iconic bottle, a meticulously crafted sculpture and 8 decades of ageing, the Macallan 81 Year Old – The Reach has once again arrived at Sotheby’s warehouse. Distilled in 1940, a turbulent yet forgotten era, this 81 year old behemoth offers its drinker a glimpse of the past with a drastically different style of whisky that is perhaps rarely found in any distilleries produced nowadays. The 3 hands on the distinct sculpture represents the various parties that were responsible for creating, nurturing and bottling this cask into the art piece that stands before our eyes today through generations of effort: The distillery workers of 1940, the once chairman of The Macallan – Allan Schiach and the current Master Whisky maker – Kirsteen Campbell.

經典雋雅的酒瓶、精雕細琢的雕塑酒座、歷經八十載的靜謐陳釀——麥卡倫The Reach 81年再度現身蘇富比,展現以時間淬煉的誘人魅力。酒液於1940年蒸餾,當年時局動盪,但許多事物現已隨時間流逝而被遺忘,本場上拍的八十一年臻極陳釀以截然不同的威士忌格調,讓品飲者窺探舊日時光,品嚐現今蒸餾廠恐已難覓蹤影的絕代風味。酒座上所雕刻的三隻手象徵著多代人的努力,幸得一群用心創造、孕育、裝瓶、將桶酒化成眼前精緻藝術品的各方功臣,他們是1940年不畏艱辛的酒廠工人、時任麥卡倫主席艾倫・希亞克(Allan Shiach),以及目前領導釀酒團隊的威士忌大師克莉絲丁・坎貝爾(Kirsteen Campbell)。

Japanese Whiskies | 日本威士忌

Various rare Japanese whiskies are featured in this sale, including the very rare Yamazaki – Age Unknown, Karuizawa Five-Decades and the Nikka 34 Year Old bottled in 1999. Two bottles of Kawasaki – the legendary grain distillery that was closed in 1980s, are also available.

本場拍賣精選多項珍稀日本威士忌,包括極其罕見的山崎 Age Unknown輕井澤「五個十年」1999年裝瓶的一甲34年等。同場尚有兩瓶川崎威士忌珍釀,這間傳奇蒸餾所早在八十年代停產,市面難求。

Cognacs | 干邑

Various versions of the iconic Remy Martin Louis XIII from various era are featured in the sale, alongside a variety of old vintage cognacs that has almost completely extincted from the secondary market. Despite the soiled labels, most of these bottles’ fill level are still very high, suggesting that they have been kept in a decent environment in the past few decades, rendering the cork still intact, creating a time capsule sealing the liquid inside.

本場拍賣匯聚不同年代的經典人頭馬路易十三干邑珍藏,並囊括多款在二級市場幾近絕跡的陳年干邑。儘管瓶身酒標已顯斑駁,但大部分干邑的液面仍維持極高水位,可見過去數十年這等珍品一直存放得宜,軟木塞完整無損,宛如妥善封存酒液的時光膠囊。

The sale is open for bidding from 29 August 2025 11:00 HKT until 11 September 2025 11:00 HKT.

拍品於香港時間2025年8月29日上午11時開放競投,直至香港時間2025年9月11日上午11時結束

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