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ollowing the strongest ever start to a year for our Whisky and Spirits business in Asia, Sotheby’s Hong Kong is delighted to present the next edition of Distilled | Whisky + Moutai.
This exceptional iteration of our popular online Whisky + Moutai auction series is led by 121 lots of the most sought-after rare Scotch and Japanese whiskies. These include the perennially popular and ever scarce Macallan Fine & Rare 51-, 37- and 35-Year-Old, Tales of The Macallan 71-Year-Old, and Macallan 52-Year-Old bottlings. Amongst other gems from Scotland and Japan, we find incredible bottles from Karuizawa and Yamazaki, particular highlights of which are the Sapphire Geisha 31- and 36-Year-Old set, and an extremely rare public outing for Yamazaki’s spectacular “Junshin” special edition.
Following the Whisky offering, Chinese spirit Kweichow Moutai truly comes to the fore, dominating the second half of the sale with 135 lots, comprising a raft of Flying Fairy original releases and Moutai special editions from the 1980s right up to the present day. High points include nearly 3 complete decades of Flying Fairy releases including almost every year between 1990 and 2022, plenty of HK Friends Of Moutai Special Editions and rare commemorative Jeroboams released in 2021 for the 100th Anniversary of The Panama Pacific International Expo Gold Award.
Distilled | Whisky + Moutai will open for bidding on Wednesday 3 May, with the lots beginning to close at 1-minute intervals online from 11AM HKT on Tuesday 16 May.
承接春拍威士忌及烈酒拍賣創下蘇富比在亞洲區歷來最高成交額的盛勢，香港蘇富比榮幸呈獻最新一場「點滴成金：威士忌及茅台」。
本次烈酒網上拍賣以121項珍稀蘇格蘭及日本威士忌開場，包括長期備受追捧的麥卡倫Fine & Rare 51年、37年及35年、麥卡倫Tales of The Macallan 71年、麥卡倫52年，款款珍罕難得。日本威士忌方面，拍賣精選出產自輕井澤及山崎兩間頂尖蒸餾所的陳釀，重點推介輕井澤藍寶石藝妓套裝31年及36年，以及極少在市場亮相的山崎「純真」特別版單一麥芽威士忌。
同場並呈佔全場拍品半數的135項貴州茅台，匯聚一系列橫跨1980年代至今的原箱「飛天牌」貴州茅台及專用茅台酒，其中最受關注的包括1990至2022年推出的限量版「飛天牌」貴州茅台組成的收藏系列、多瓶國酒茅台香港之友協會專用茅台酒，以及2021年推出的以誌茅台酒榮獲「巴拿馬萬國博覽會」金獎一百週年之喜罕有大瓶裝紀念版茅台。
「點滴成金：威士忌及茅台」於5月3日（星期三）香港時間開始競投。拍品的競投時段將於 5月16日（星期二）早上11時起，每一分鐘順序結束一項。
Lot 2001 - 2042: Rare Japanese whiskies collections (Yamazaki, Hibiki, Karuizawa and more)
Lot 2043 - 2121: Finest Scotch whiskies with over 50 lots of Macallan, including rare Macallan Tales of Macallan Volume I, Macallan 52-Year-Old, Macallan Fine & Rare, Bowmore 50-Year-Old and Louis XIII congac
Lot 2122 - 2256: Collection of Kweichow Moutai from 1980s to present day, highlighted with special editions (Kweichow Five Star Moutai "Moutai Mark" Special Edition in 2.5L, Kweichow Moutai 100th Anniversary of The Panama Pacific International Expo Gold Award Memorial Edition 2021 in 5L + more)
