Best 4 vintage whisky to give a try!

1. Glenavon Special Liquor Whisky

Age: around 160 years old
Type of whisky: Liquor (non-cream) Whisky
 Bottled By: Glenavon Distillery
 Location: Scotland, UK

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the oldest whisky in the world is Glenavon Special Liqueur Whisky. Manufactured by the Glenavon Distillery in Ballindalloch, Scotland, UK, the exact age of the bottle of whisky is uncertain but with the closing of Glenavon Distillery in the 1850s, it is estimated to have been made between 1851 and 1858, making it roughly 160 years old.

In 2006, a bottle of Glenavon Special Liqueur Whisky owned by an Irish family for generations went up for auction at a Bonhams auction house in London. It was sold for Rs 12 lakhs.

2. Old Vatted Glenlivet

Age: 155 years old
Type of whisky: Single Malt Whisky
 Bottled By: Glenlivet Distillery
 Location: Scotland, UK

In 2013, a bottle of 1862 Old Vatted Glenlivet was auctioned in a Bonhams auction house in New York and sold for Rs 6 lakhs. It is bottled by the Glenlivet Distillery in Scotland, UK, which is one of the oldest legal distilleries founded in 1824 by George Smith.

3. Mortlach 70 Year Old Speyside

Age: 79 years old
Type of whisky: Single Malt Whisky
 Bottled By: Gordon & MacPhail
 Location: Speyside, Scotland, UK

Considered to be one of the oldest malt whiskies, the Mortlach 70-year-old went on sale in 2010. Only 54 full-size bottles were produced and priced at Rs 8 lakhs each. The whisky was released by Gordon and MacPhail. The 70 year old batch was filled into a former sherry cask made from Spanish oak under the order of John Urquhart, grandfather to the company’s current joint managing directors, David and Michael Urquhart.

4. Dalmore 64 Trinitas

Age: 72 years old
Type of whisky: Single Malt Whisky
 Bottled By: Gordon & MacPhail
 Location: Speyside, Scotland, UK

This rare and highly limited run of luxury whisky is actually a mix of spirits dating from 1868, 1878, 1926 and 1939. It was then bottled in 1946 and matured for 64 years before being sold in 2010.

Only three bottles were ever made (thus the name “Trinitas”); one was purchased by an American private collector, one by The Whisky Exchange for their private collection. The last bottle went on sale in October 2010 for the price of Rs 83 lakhs and broke the record for the most expensive whisky ever sold.