Distilled | Whisky + Moutai

點滴成金：威士忌及茅台

Online Auction: 6–18 July 2023 • 2:00 PM HKT • Hong Kong | 網上拍賣：2023年7月6至18日・下午 2:00 HKT・香港

S otheby’s Hong Kong is delighted to present our mid-year auction for spirits, Distilled | Whisky + Moutai which features a huge variety of Scotch, Japanese Whisky and Moutai.

Scotch whisky offerings in this auction covers a wide range of distilleries, from the ever-popular Macallan to Islay giants like Bowmore, Ardbeg, Lagavulin, sherry monsters like Glendronach, Glen Grant and closed distilleries such as Brora and Port Ellen. The Macallan James Bond 60^th Anniversary Collection stands out as an exceptional set of presentation piece with only 300 sets produced worldwide. Other rare scotch highlights are the Glendronach 1968 47-year-old, the oldest single cask from the distillery, and the Glen Grant 72-year-old by Gordon & Macphail, the second oldest Glen Grant ever bottled. Classic high quality Japanese whiskies that bring nostalgia are not to be missed as well, such as Nikka 40-year-old and Yamazaki Sherry Cask. For card collectors out there, the Hanyu 10-of-clubs and Hanyu Coloured Joker are also featured in this auction.

Moutai offers starts from lot 7241, beginning with a variety of vintages of aged Moutai from 15-year-old to 50-year old. The 1986 5-star brown bottle is a particularly rare single bottle in this auction, and the 2015 Silk Road Special Edition, 2018 Suncity Group Special Edition are both highly sought-after collectors’ items. To end with flying colours, 6-bottle-original cases of Year of the Rabbit, Year of the Dog, and Year of the Monkey and plenty other Chinese Zodiac editions are there to finish off the auction.

Distilled | Whisky + Moutai will open for bidding on Thursday 6^th July, with the lots beginning to close at 30 seconds intervals online from 2PM HKT on Tuesday 18^th July.

盛夏七月，香港蘇富比欣然呈獻新一輪「點滴成金：威士忌及茅台」網上烈酒拍賣，帶來多款蘇格蘭和日本威士忌，以及中國名釀貴州茅台。

拍賣以來自多間蒸餾廠的蘇格蘭威士忌開場，包括備受熱捧的麥卡倫及艾雷島名廠Bowmore、Ardbeg、Lagavulin、以雪莉桶熟成威士忌起家的Glendronach和Glen Grant，以及現已停產的Brora和Port Ellen。本場焦點是一組麥卡倫占士邦60週年限量版威士忌，全球限量推出300套。其他珍罕蘇格蘭威士忌有Glendronach酒齡最高的單桶原酒1968 Glendronach 47年及Gordon & Macphail裝瓶的 Glen Grant 72年。拍賣亦精選多款經典日本威士忌經典，包括Nikka 40年及山崎雪莉桶威士忌；至於喜歡收集羽生撲克牌系列的酒迷，不容錯過今次亮相的羽生「黑桃10」及羽生「彩色小丑」麥芽威士忌。

本場自拍品編號7241起，誠獻酒齡從15至50年不等的陳年茅台，其中最矚目的包括稀有單瓶1986年產五星牌貴州茅台酒（醬釉瓷瓶）、2015年產貴州茅台酒「絲綢之路」及2018年產貴州茅台酒「太陽城集團」陳釀，極受藏家追捧。同場尚有原箱六瓶裝兔年、狗年、猴年貴州茅台酒及多款茅台生肖紀念酒，為本場寫下完滿句號。

「點滴成金：威士忌及茅台」於7月6日（星期四）香港時間開始競投。拍品的競投時段將於7月18日（星期二）下午2時起，每30秒順序結束一項。

Lot 7001 - 7100: Rare Scotch whiskies with 48 lots of Macallan including the James Bond 60^th Anniversary Collection, followed by old Glendronachs, variety of Islay malts, Cask of Distinction from Lagavulin, Clynelish and Talisker.

Lot 7101 - 7240: Highly collectable Japanese whiskies including classics from all Hakushu, Yamazaki, Yoichi and Karuizawa, two Hanyu cards, a variety of Komgatake single casks, and a few top-tier American Bourbons.

Lot 7241 - 7353: Collection of Kweichow Moutai from 1980s to present day, highlighted with special editions (Kweichow Moutai Suncity Group Special Edition 2015, Kweichow Moutai The Silk Road Special Edition 2015 (1.5L) + more)