The bottle of Macallan Valerio Adami

To own the rare bottle of Macallan Valerio Adami, a mysterious giant in Asia had to pay a record price of £ 848,750 ($ 1.1 million - equivalent to about VND 25 billion).

The bottle of Macallan Valerio Adami 1926 is the "staple" of the auction held by the Bonhams in Scotland on October 3. The winner eventually took part in the phone auction and was a person from the Far East.

Macallan Valerio Adami bottle 1926. (Photo: Reuters).

Martin Green, a whiskey expert, said that these whiskey bottles are always hunted by collectors around the world and may never be opened forever. Mr. Green compared the Macallan 60 bottle of Rolls-Royce in the whiskey village.

The bottle "The Macallan Valerio Adami 1926" is dubbed the "Rolls Royce of whiskey" , this is one of 24 whiskey bottles produced in 1986 at Macallan, one of the most famous whiskey distilleries in the world.

The brewery then hired Adami and Peter Blake, two designers to cover The Beatles ' album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" to design the brand for these 24 bottles. According to this, each artist will be responsible for drawing labels for 12 bottles.

Currently, it is unclear how many bottles of "The Macallan Valerio Adami 1926" are in the world.

The most expensive bottle of whiskey in the world for £ 848,750.

However, according to the Daily Mail, a bottle of whiskey in the above 12 bottles was broken during the earthquake in Japan in 2011. In addition, at least one bottle has been opened and drunk. Many experts have called this bottle the "Holy Grail" by rarity, ancient and unique labels.

Reportedly, the record of the most expensive wine before that was £ 814,081, recorded at the Hong Kong session in May.