Extremely rare whisky casks could sell for £1,200,000 million each

Sotheby’s is to supply the casks from the Brora distillery in Sutherland and Port Ellen on Islay (Image: Sotheby’s)

Two extraordinarily uncommon casks of whisky are being tipped to promote for as a lot as £1.2 million every at public sale.

Sotheby’s is to supply the casks from the Brora distillery in Sutherland and Port Ellen on Islay.

Estimated at £700,000 to £1.2 million every, each casks will likely be offered alongside artist collaborations after they go beneath the hammer in London on June 14.

Sotheby’s claims they're among the many rarest and most dear in existence from Brora and Port Ellen’s dwindling shares of ghost casks, containing the liquid left behind when the distilleries fell silent within the Nineteen Eighties.

Diageo will donate 5% of the ultimate hammer value from each casks to Care Worldwide to assist the continuing disaster in Ukraine.

Jonny Fowle, Sotheby’s head of whisky, North America and EMEA, mentioned: ‘This partnership between Sotheby’s and Diageo showcases an unrivalled providing of uncommon whisky casks at public sale.

‘On making an attempt the 1982 Brora, I used to be astounded by its high quality – the wealthy cooked fruit flavours elevating its signature calmly peated character.

‘The Port Ellen is a masterclass in Seventies Islay smoke with important cask affect, which, particularly when from a closed distillery, is exactly the model the world’s prime whisky collectors hunt down.’

The Highland distillery of Brora, positioned on the north-eastern fringe of Scotland, was reawakened in Might final yr following a three-year restoration course of (Image: Sotheby’s)

The sale of the casks is a part of Sotheby’s month-long programme of exhibitions and occasions in its New Bond Road premises in London, marking the Queen’s platinum jubilee.

Each distilleries closed in 1983, earlier than it was introduced in 2017 that there can be multi-million pound investments into their reopening.

The Highland distillery of Brora, positioned on the north-eastern fringe of Scotland, was reawakened in Might final yr following a three-year restoration course of.

Famend photographer Trey Ratcliff will journey to Scotland for the primary time, accompanied by the brand new cask proprietor, to seize a portfolio of photographs that convey to life the panorama that helped form the whisky.

He mentioned: ‘I've been longing to journey to Scotland and absorb its stunning landscapes and, to do that for the primary time, accompanied by somebody who appreciates an distinctive whisky like this, will likely be an epic journey.’

Designer and artist Ini Archibong can even create a novel piece of artwork capturing the sunshine of Port Ellen.

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