A bottle of The Macallan 1926, described by Sotheby's auction¹ house as the "most valuable whisky in the world", on Saturday went under the hammer for a record £2.1 million.

上周六，一瓶被苏富比拍卖行称为“世界上最有价值的威士忌”的1926年麦卡伦威士忌以创纪录的210万英镑拍出。

The rare bottle had been expected to raise between £750,000 and £1.2 million but outstripped² estimates to fetch £2,187,500 (2.5 million euros, $2.7 million).

这瓶罕见的葡萄酒原本预计会拍出75万至120万英镑，但最终拍出了218.75万英镑(250万欧元，270万美元)，超出了预期。

The sale set a "new record for any bottle of spirit or wine sold at auction", Sotheby's said.

苏富比拍卖表示，这次拍卖创下了“拍卖会上任何一瓶烈酒或葡萄酒的新纪录”。

One of the Macallan 1926 bottles had set a previous record for the most expensive bottle ever sold in 2019, when it fetched £1.5 million at the same London auction house.

其中一瓶1926年的麦卡伦酒在2019年创下了有史以来最昂贵的纪录，当时它在同一家伦敦拍卖行以150万英镑的价格售出。

Sotheby's head of whisky Jonny Fowle said it had spent 60 years in dark European oak, which was reflected in the color.

苏富比的威士忌主管Jonny Fowle表示：它在深色欧洲橡木桶中存放了60年，从颜色上可以看出这一点。

The bottles are among only 40 that Macallan, based in Moray, northern Scotland, has confirmed were bottled from Cask 263 in 1986.

位于苏格兰北部马里的麦卡伦酒厂证实，这40瓶酒是1986年从263号木桶中装出来的。