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Bottles of what is believed to be the world’s oldest whisky have been sold to buyers around the world for more than £385,000 – an average of £16,000 each.

The spirit was discovered behind a door in a cellar at Blair Castle in Perthshire just before Christmas last year.

A label which was found alongside the bottles read ‘Blair Castle whisky, casked 1833, bottled 1841.’

Documents in the castle archive and laboratory testing supported its claim to be 190 years old, and it’s thought the whisky may have been enjoyed by Queen Victoria when she visited the estate in 1844 with her husband, Prince Albert.

Of the 40 wax-capped bottles found covered in dust and cobwebs, 24 were put up for sale online by the Perth-based Whisky Auctioneer.