24-03-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
The US$48,000 single malt whisky from Scotch distiller that you'll have to smash open
Rare whisky is supposed to be in decline.
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An extensive industry analysis published recently by financial advisory firm Noble reveals sales of top-shelf Scotch fell 24 per cent by volume and 34 per cent 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 still house.
Now its next-door neighbour, The Glenrothes, is following suit with 'The 51' – the oldest and rarest single malt in its 146-year history.
The Glen Grant 65 Year Old is one of the most expensive whiskies the Speyside distiller has ever produced. It launches amid a flurry of high-end Scotch single malt releases. Photo: Campari Group
Just 100 bottles will be available worldwide priced at £37,000 (US$48,000) each. A stratospheric sum on its face, and yet a figure that has become exceedingly common in the perpetual one-upmanship of rare
whiskies
