Glenrothes Wants You to Smash Its $48,000 Whisky Bottle
Rare whisky is supposed to be in decline. An extensive industry analysis published recently by Noble & Co. reveals that sales of top-shelf Scotch fell 24% by volume and 34% by value from the second quarter to the third quarter of 2024. Yet the ongoing parade of five-figure bottles hardly seems to be slowing. This month alone has seen the release of the oldest Irish single malt. That was followed a week later by the Glen Grant 65 Year Old, one of the costliest expressions to come out of the legendary Speyside stillhouse.
Now its next-door neighbor, the Glenrothes, is following suit with 'The 51'—the oldest and rarest single malt in its 146-year history. Just 100 bottles will be available worldwide priced at £37,000 ($48,108). A stratospheric sum on its face, and yet a figure that's become exceedingly common in the perpetual one-upmanship of rare whiskies. (That Glen Grant? $2,000 more.)
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