World’s ‘most valuable whisky’ to go on auction in Edinburgh

Only 12 bottles of the The Macallan Valerio Adami 1926 were produced and it is not known how many still exist.

One is said to have been destroyed in an earthquake in Japan in 2011, and it is believed that at least one of them has been opened and consumed.

Another bottle was sold at auction in Hong Kong in May for a record-breaking £814,081 (HK$8,636,250).

Martin Green, a whisky specialist with auctioneers Bonhams, said: “The Macallan 1926 60 year old has been described as the Holy Grail of whisky. Its exceptional rarity and quality puts it in a league of its own, and the world’s most serious whisky collectors will wait patiently for many years for a bottle to come onto the market.

“It is a great honour to be offering this amazingly rare whisky at our Edinburgh sale.”