Bowmore 1965 41 Paul's Dram

I watched a collector in London lose nearly £25,000 in potential value because he couldn't wait three hours for a bottle to settle. He had just acquired a Bowmore 1965 41 Paul's Dram, one of the rarest Islay expressions ever bottled, and immediately uncorked it after it had been bouncing around in the back of a courier van for two days. The liquid was agitated, the volatile esters were in total disarray, and the first three pours tasted like metallic ash rather than the tropical fruit explosion this vintage is famous for. By the time the oxygen hit the remaining liquid in a way he didn't understand, the subtle "Obe" (Old Bottle Effect) notes of wax and papaya had oxidized into something flat and soapy. He didn't just ruin