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A rare bottle
of Bowmore 1966 Samaroli Bouquet is set
to go under the hammer in an online
auction this week and is expected to
fetch between £25,000 and £30,000.
A bottle of Bowmore 1966 Samaroli
Bouquet which is set to go under the
hammer in an online auction being held
by Perth based Whisky Auctioneer is
expected to fetch between £25,000 and
£30,000.
The Bowmore 1966 Samaroli Bouquet is
regarded by many as one of the best, if
not the best, whiskies ever bottled.
Islay’s Bowmore distillery and renowned
Italian bottler, the late Silvano
Samaroli, are both legends of the whisky
world and the Bowmore 1966 is the gem
that they crafted together.
Bottled in 1984, there were only 720
bottles produced, one of which is set
for auction this week (22nd June) and is
expected to fetch between £25,000 and
£30,000.
Samaroli is an Italian independent
bottler, famed for the exceptional
quality of their releases as well as
their artistic, innovative labels and
packaging. The renowned ‘Bowmore
Bouquet’ is rated in joint first place
on Whiskybase.com's top 1000 whiskies of
all time, sharing the podium only with
another Samaroli epic, the Laphroaig
1967, bottled for him by R.W. Duthie.
While Serge Valentin of WhiskyFun.com
awarded this Bowmore an impressive
rating of 97 points.
More recently the French collector,
whisky author and owner of the famous
Auld Alliance bar in Singapore, Emmanuel
Dron, opened a bottle of the Bouquet for
customers in that very venue, with
enthusiasts and connoisseurs flocking
from all over Asia to sample a drop of
this liquid gold.
The Bouquet was distilled in 1966, a
golden era in production at Bowmore
distillery. Silvano's first releases in
1979 were a collaborative effort with
W.M. Cadenhead, Scotland's oldest
independent bottler. Soon after in 1981,
he released the acclaimed Flowers
series, bottled with ornate illustrative
labels. Silvano himself drew the
eye-catching label depicting a group of
bright-red carnations, which has become
one of the most iconic labels to ever
adorn a bottle of whisky.
Sean McGlone, director at Whisky
Auctioneer, said: "The Bouquet series
enjoys a legendary status and reputation
within the world of whisky. And rightly
so. Not only is the liquid itself
exceptional but the artwork on the
bottle is exquisite. Naturally we are
expecting to see a huge amount of
interest in this rare treasure from
whisky collectors across the world."
The auction is the latest in a growing
line of rare treasures to be sold by
Perthshire firm Whisky Auctioneer which
specialises in auctioning fine, old,
rare and collectable whisky. Over the
past two years, the auctioneer has sold
a rare 30 year old bottle of second
edition Black Bowmore single malt whisky
for a world record £11,900, a rare
collection of Corti Brothers whiskies
for £52,865, and the world’s largest
known collection of rare and collectable
Karuizawa whisky from Japan for
£770,000.
The auction goes live on 22nd June and
will close on 2 July.
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