Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

New world record price after standard size bottle of single malt whisky sells for £82,000

The buyer's name is not yet been made public.
The buyer's name is not yet been made public.

A new world record price of £82,619 is believed to have been set for a near standard-sized bottle of single malt whisky sold at auction.

An unnamed buyer stumped up the cash to buy the rare whisky, an expression of The Dalmore, produced at Alness, on Friday evening.

With only 20 bottles released in 2011, The Dalmore Eos 59-year-old is highly sought after by private collectors.

The purchase price in Hong Kong is still a long way short of the £212,000 paid for a bottle of 50-year-old Yamazaki Japanese single malt at a Sotheby’s auction in the Chinese territory last month.

And it is well shy of the £125,000 paid by a Chinese businessman for a bottle of The Dalmore 62 at Changi Airport, in Singapore, in 2011.

But it is thought to be a world record-breaker for a near standard-sized bottle of Scotch.

The most expensive whisky ever sold at auction was a six-litre (1.3 gallon) Macallan M decanter, named, Constantine, which in 2014 achieved a price of £381,620 at a Sotheby’s sale in Hong Kong.

In 2010, a 1.5 litre bottle of Macallan – holding about one-third of a gallon, or the contents of roughly two standard-sized 70cl bottles – was sold at Sotheby’s in New York.

Last October, also in Hong Kong, a full cask of Macallan 1987 single malt sold for a world record £265,500. The cask contained about 228 bottles, working out at around £922 per bottle.

The Dalmore Eos 59-year-old was lot number 257 in Bonhams auction on Friday, The purchase prise hugely surpassed expectations for a £26,000 maximum sale price.

The limited edition expression is part of the Alness distillery’s Legendary Release collection of aged stock, developed by master distiller Richard Paterson, regarded among the industry’s most influential experts.

Created from whisky left to mature in two “outstanding” sherry casks at the Ross-shire site in 1951, the malt was described as “truly brilliant” by Bonhams.

Launching the auction catalogue last month, Daniel Lam Bonhams’ head of fine wine and whisky in Hong Kong, said: “Richard Paterson, also known as The Nose, has over 50 years’ experience in creating masterpiece whiskies like no other.

“The limited production, premium quality, and prestigious craftsmanship are all factors that attribute to the success of Dalmore and make it highly demanded by private collectors.”

Mr Paterson has achieved legendary status as the foremost whisky expert of his generation, having been master distiller at The Dalmore for nearly five decades.

Such is his reputation for sniffing out the best of Scotland’s national drink, his nose was insured by Lloyd’s of London for nearly £2million.