Explore some of the oldest Whiskies ever released by The Macallan

High Aged Whisky from The Macallan

The Van Winkle line of whiskeys needs little introduction. Praised by celebrities and the subject of a bestselling book, it is by far the best recognized and most widely coveted whiskey in America. The brand has its roots in a distillery called Stitzel-Weller, located just outside Louisville and overseen by a businessman named Julian Van Winkle, known affectionately as Pappy. Opened on Derby Day in 1935, it produced exclusively wheated bourbon.

Pappy Van Winkle

The Michter’s name originated in the decades after World War II, when a Pennsylvania businessman named Lou Forman named a distillery after his sons, Michael and Peter. But the Pennsylvania whiskey industry was in a steady and terminal decline, and the distillery shut its doors in 1990. Six years later, Joseph Magliocco, the president of New York-based Chatham Imports, acquired Michter’s abandoned trademark and moved its base of operations to Kentucky. There, he and his team began buying up barrels of well-aged whiskey from the state’s distilleries. To those distilleries, older, richer whiskey was too out of character to blend with younger spirits to create the cheaper brands they were used to selling.

Joe Magliocco’s Michter’s has firmly established itself amongst the best and most renowned bourbon and rye whiskies, famed for its depth and immense quality.

Michter’s

Whiskey distilled at Buffalo Trace Distillery features heavily throughout the Camouflage Collection Part lI. From Colonel E.H. Taylor to Double Eagle Very Rare, O.F.C. to William Laure Weller, the collection spans the full range and spectrum of Buffalo Trace brands.

The Buffalo Trace Distillery produces many of the most well-known and popular bourbon and rye whiskey brands available today including Van Winkle, Colonel E.H. Taylor and The Buffalo Trace Antique Collection.

Buffalo Trace Distillery

To celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Suntory Whisky the company has released a special 18 year old Yamazaki matured solely in Mizunara Casks, a rare Japanese Oak species, as well as a Special Edition 12 year old offering.

Further Highlights

The Camouflage Collection Part II offers an opportunity for collectors and enthusiasts to acquire some of the rarest bottles on the market. The following lots are sold with no reserve, giving anyone the easiest access to building a collection of their own, whether new to the whisky market or already a seasoned collector.

No Reserve Highlights

Sotheby's August Whisky &amp; Whiskey sale in New York is led by a number of rare and highly collectible bottles from The Macallan Distillery, several in excess of 50 years of age. The sale also includes The Camouflage Collection Part II, comprising some of the rarest bourbon and rye whiskies ever bottled, all carefully assembled by a dedicated and passionate collector over a period of many years. Sale Number: N11230

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Sotheby's August Whisky &amp; Whiskey sale in New York is led by a number of rare and highly collectible bottles from The Macallan Distillery, several in excess of 50 years of age. The sale also includes The Camouflage Collection Part II, comprising some of the rarest bourbon and rye whiskies ever bottled, all carefully assembled by a dedicated and passionate collector over a period of many years.

Whisky & Whiskey | The Camouflage Collection Part II