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Keith
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 Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:47 pm Post subject: Who Bought The Dalmore Oculus |
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I just had a look in Bonhams website and the Dalmore Oculus which had a estimate of £20000 has sold for £27,600 inclusive of buyer's premium.
So which one of you bought it?
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William
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| Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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You beat me to it Keith, it wasnt me who bought it but i had posted a bit about it and a picture of the bottle in "Whisky News"
www.scotchmaltwhisky.co.uk/dalmoreoculus.htm
I would love to know if it was bought for drinking or collecting.
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Andy M
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| Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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I love the way they quote the dates
| Quote: | A rich spicy and orange zest core to the malt was first selected from cask 1781, distilled in 1951, some 58 years old. Dried fruits, ripe bananas, treacle toffee and almonds from our original fifty year old - now held in small glass jars at The Dalmore distillery - are added to develop complexity. This rare malt, selected from vintages distilled in 1868 (10 June to be precise), 1878, 1922, 1926 and 1939, truly adds the gravitas of time.
To deepen and intensify the weight of the mouth feel we add long matured distillate from cask 1782, the brother in 1951 to cask 1781 - an incredibly intense oak, spice and bitter dark chocolate tannic malt.
Finally we add the "capstone" to our malt - the oculus to our world of alchemistic artistry - a judicious amount of our revered 64 year old, proffering notes of coffee, aromatic spices and citrus zest. Vatted malt, cask strength. |
I would love to know how much of these vintage 1878, 1922 etc went into the blend and i would assume Whyte & Mackay have these vintages sitting preserved in jars rather than in a cask as there would be no alcohol level left in a cask or whisky for that matter after all these years.
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Crane
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I wouldnt have thought much of there old vintage malts went into it, probably just a touch of each, after all he only made one bottle AFAIK.
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Fergie
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William i love to hear when bottles like this get bought simply for drinking. If i had the sort of money it takes to buy it then i certainly would not be buying as an investment or to collect, i would have it opened as soon as i got it home.
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craig-mcgill
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| Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:23 am Post subject: So who bought it... |
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Sadly, the buyer asked to stay a mystery, so we can't find out who it was - or head round to his house for a dram!  |
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