190 years old, almost first hand for sale: If you fancy a luxury Scotch whiskey from the collection of the late Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert, you might soon be able to get your hands on such a vintage bottle and maybe feel like royalty for a moment.
The story behind the prestigious Scotch Whiskey requires a long trip through the time tunnel. The year is 1844. Queen Victoria, then 25, came to stay with her husband Prince Albert at Blair Castle in Scotland, where they spent three weeks with their friend Anne Murray, Duchess of Motherwell. The royal bunch reportedly enjoyed drinking whiskey during the holiday. Part of the collection from which they drank at the time, apparently preserved and was found last year in a cellar in the castle.
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According to Atholl Estate, the castle's governing body, the 40-bottle collection of whiskey found, was distilled in 1833, bottled eight years later and bottled again in 1932. Now, 24 of the 40 bottles discovered will be auctioned off and likely to be displayed under the title "World's Oldest Bottles of Whiskey."
For the benefit of anyone concerned that this is not the "real" thing, the Atholl Estate website reassures that the whiskey has undergone a process of testing and ratification, which has determined very likely that it is indeed a whiskey from the same original collection that contains an estimated 61.3% alcohol.
The 24 bottles selected from the discovered collection will be auctioned at Whisky Auctioneer, an auction house in Scotland, from November 24 to December 4.
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