Bottle of Scotch whisky sells for record €2.5m at auction

Just 40 bottles of The Macallan 1926 were bottled in 1986 after being aged in sherry casks for 60 years.

A bottle of Macallan Adami 1926 whisky on display during a media preview at Sotheby’s auction house in London. Picture: Kin Cheung/AP

A bottle of Scotch whisky billed as “the most sought-after” in the world has sold for almost £2.2m (€2.5m), an auction record for a bottle of wine or spirits.

The Macallan Adami 1926 sold at Sotheby’s in London after a bidding war between would-be buyers on the phone and in the room.