Feb 02 (the-japan-news.com) - A bottle of limited-edition Yamazaki brand whiskey released by Suntory Spirits Ltd. about six years ago has fetched $298,879 at a Sotheby’s auction in Hong Kong.
This is the highest successful bid for any single bottle of Japanese whiskey auctioned ever in the world, an official of the auction house said.
The item auctioned on Saturday was one of the only 150 bottles of the Yamazaki 50 Years Old single malt whiskey that went on sale in December 2011 at ¥1.05 million each, including tax.
The product was made of “stringently selected†malt whiskeys aged for at least 50 years in Japanese oak casks, according to Suntory Holdings Ltd., the parent of Suntory Spirits.