Only 18 Bottles of This Rare Bourbon Exist — and 1 Just Sold for $18,000

A bottle of Redemption 36 Year Old Bourbon sold at Sotheby’s Auction for $18,000.

Sotheby’s closed its latest whiskey auction, named The Camouflage Collection Part I, last Friday. Among the auction’s highlights was a bottle of Redemption 36 Year Old Bourbon, which smashed its presale estimate of $10,000-$15,000 and sold for $18,000.

Redemption sources its whiskey from Indiana and bottles it in Bardstown, Kentucky. Redemption 36 Year Old is an extremely rare whiskey — so rare that only 18 bottles exist. Redemption 36 is bottled a barrel proof of 97.6.

In November, a court ruled against Redemption, which was being sued for copyright infringement by spirits giant Diageo over the similarity in design between Redemption’s bottles and those of Diageo’s Bulleit brand. As a result, Redemption will be required to change its packaging.

Redemption 36 Year Old Tasting Notes, Via the Brand

Nose: Leather, coffee, grilled meat, cherry wood, cigar box

Palate: Dried orange, cinnamon, anise, smoke, sweet hickory smoke, and earthy barbecue

Finish: Medium in length, with lingering cherry wood and citrus notes

Other Notable Whiskey Sales From the Sotheby’s Camouflage Collection Part I Auction

• The Macallan The Red Collection 40 Year Old: $37,500
• 12-bottle collection of Pappy Van Winkle: $27,500
• Old Rip Van Winkle 23 Year Old: $27,500
• The Macallan Fine & Rare 32 Year Old: $21,250
• Michter’s Single Barrel Rye 25 Year Old: $21,250

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