Glenfiddich 50-Year-Old sells for $21,000

 

A bottle of Glenfiddich 50-Year-Old was the lead lot of Bonhams' whisky sale in Edinburgh on March 2.

Glenfiddich 50 year
The bottling was produced in a limited run of just 500

It realised £15,000 ($21,109). 

Martin Green of Bonhams explained to industry site the Spirits Business: in the run up to the sale:  "The Glenfiddich 50 Year Old is one of the most sought-after whiskies at auction and always excites much interest when it appears."

The bottling was produced in 1991 and remains one of only two produced. The other was bottled in 2009. 

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