lamborghini yacht price australia

The Lamborghini of boats is here and will set you back $4.3 million

Lamborghini has teamed up with an Italian luxury boat builder to create a stunning on-water version of the Lamborghini Sian FKP 37 hybrid super sports car.

The Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63 is a long, low and stylish James Bond worthy boat that will be available to own from next year. It takes just about all its styling cues from the 350km/h-plus hybrid hypercar which has recently been immortalized in LEGO form .

Not surprisingly, this is a high-performance boat that looks like a high-performance boat from the front and a Lamborghini Sian FKP 37 from the rear. The level of detail as you hove in behind it, right down to how it incorporates the Sian’s triple geodesic tail-lights in particular, is remarkable.

Luxury superyacht maker The Italian Sea Group, which worked with Lamborghini’s Centro Stile design studio, has equipped the Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63 with engines that produce almost 3000kW of performance. That’s like packing five 6.5-litre V12-engined Lamborghini Sians in behind you.

Automobili Lamborghini chief executive Stefano Domenicali said the Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63 had adopted the best of both worlds.

“If I had to imagine a Lamborghini on water, this would be my vision,” he said. “I’m delighted to celebrate this successful collaboration.”

All the classic Lamborghini cues are there, from the lightweight carbon-fibre construction making up its swept profile and the road car’s coupe-like hardtop.

“The hull and the superstructure are created from a high-performance shell, developed by naval engineers specialising in hydrodynamic sciences,” Lamborghini said.

“They interpret the design lines, created by Marcello Gandini in the Miura and the Countach of the 1960s and ’70s, in a contemporary way.

“The hardtop is inspired by Lamborghini roadsters; providing sun and wind protection while guaranteeing an outstanding aerodynamic performance.

“The bow lights are an homage to the Lamborghini concept car Terzo Millennio and to the Sián FKP 37, both distinctive for their Y-shaped front lights.”

Even behind the driver’s seat, this thing is something special.

“The motor yacht’s instrument panel interprets the car cockpit in a nautical style, completely integrating all navigation and control systems,” Lamborghini said.

“As in Lamborghini super sports cars, details are finished in carbon fibre, with Lamborghini’s Carbon Skin used in the sports seats and on the helm, styled as the super sports car’s steering wheel.

“The unmistakable start/stop button, (two, one for each engine) are exactly the same used to start a Lamborghini engine.”

The Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63 is the fastest boat ever made to wear the Tecnomar name. Only 63 will be built, and each will wear a price tag of around $4.3 million.

The longing looks from everyone else who’s out on the water as you cruise past come for free.

Related: Five car brands that gave boats a go

Related: do celebrities secretly hate lamborghinis the facts say yes, related: top five australian islands you can drive to.

• Corporate advertising
• Dealer advertising
• Shareholders
• Competitions
• Become a dealer
• Farm machinery
• Construction
• Responsible disclosure
• Terms and Conditions

First Australian delivery for Technomar for Lamborghini 63

Lamborghini-badged, hypercar-inspired sports yacht lands in sydney, with more tipped to come.

The Technomar for Lamborghini 63, a 4000hp, 20-metre luxury sports yacht built for those who like to live life in the fast lane, has arrived in Australia.

Images show the Technomar for Lamborghini 63 being unloaded at Darling Harbour, although its final destination is unknown. However, the motor yacht’s maker, The Italian Sea Group, said an unnamed Melbourne-based Lamborghini dealership “will guarantee an efficient and specialised after-sales service to ensure the best support for even the most demanding owners”.

The sports yacht has already been photographed against Sydney icons including the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the opera house. The boat appears to wear the name "Stealth".

“We are very proud of the success that Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63 is enjoying in the Pacific,” The Italian Sea Group chief executive Giovanni Costantino said. 

“[This is] an area that offers interesting growth opportunities for all the group’s brands in line with our international development strategy. 

“The commercial success of this project and the partnership with Automobili Lamborghini continues, so much so that the next sales will be delivered in the second half of 2024.”

Yep. That hints that more builds of the limited-edition boats – only 63 will be made – are likely to head here.

Boatsales has reached out to Lamborghini and The Italian Sea Group for comment. it is not yet known if the boat will be on display at August's 2023 Sydney International Boat Show.

Supercar roots

Built by The Italian Sea Group, the Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63 is based on the design of the Lamborghini Sian FKP 37, a $5.2 million limited-edition, 602kW V12-engined hybrid supercar.

The Technomar for Lamborghini 63 is a 24-tonne, 4000hp twin-engined performance motor yacht capable of cruising at 41 knots, a speed that few 20-metre boats would count as their top speed.

Wind on the throttle and the top speed for the Technomar for Lamborghini 63 is rated at 60 knots, although while commissioning the Australian delivery, Sydney-based engineering, service and maintenance specialists Onboard Engineering wound that out to 63 knots.

The sports yacht’s design follows several design cues built into the road-going hypercar, right down to the Lamborghini tail lights that sit on each side of the aft coamings and the sports seats behind the console.

Powering the Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63 is a pair of 2000hp MAN V12 engines that officially make this model the fastest in the Technomar fleet of boats.

While its 24,000kg displacement sounds like a lot, it could have been much more and is probably half the weight you’d expect of an equivalent-size sports cruiser. 

It’s because the Technomar for Lamborghini 63's hull is made using fibreglass set under a vacuum to make it lighter and stronger than more traditional boatbuilding methods, while the boat’s upper structure uses carbon fibre, just like the car on which the Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63 is based, to shed mass and lower the centre of gravity.

The Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63 is classed as an ultralight superyacht, with its lighter displacement helping it to hit that impressive top speed.

The boat’s interior is a collaboration between the shipyard’s and supercar maker’s design studios, while the cantilever coupe roof is inspired by Lamborghini’s historic roadsters.

That said, buyers can tap Lamborghini’s Ad Personam personalisation program that allows them to customize the yacht to their exact specifications.

This includes the ability to change various material colours and other elements. The Australian-delivered boat is the first hull to be finished in the colour Grigio Acheso, a matte-look grey.

No pricing has been announced for the Technomar for Lamborghini 63.

Specifications Model: Technomar for Lamborghini 63 Length: 20m Beam: 5.4m Weight: 24,000kg (est) Engines: 2x2000hp MAN V12 Speed: 41kt (cruise)/60kt (WOT) Genset: 15kW Accommodations: 5 Crew: 2

Stay up to date

Become a boatsales member and get the latest news, reviews and advice straight to your inbox.

Lamborghini

Lamborghini For Sale

The 63′ Lamborghini yacht isn’t just a design exercise but a true pinnacle in luxury speed boats. Inspired by the performance of the eponym supercars, the yacht features two engines MAN V 12 – 2000HP while constructed in carbon fibre, to only weigh 24 tons. This allows this ferocious yacht to reach a maximum top speed of 60 knots while cruising comfortably at 40 knots.

The interiors of the yacht are the result of the perfect blend of high tech materials, to provide a lightweight construction and functional feel, as well as the finest craftsmanship from Italian luxury yacht makers. The interior features all the unmistakably Lamborghini elements, such as the hexagons, clean lines and Ys. All the colours and materials are entirely customisable to reflect the personality of the future owner.

The pilot Cabin is a nautical interpretation of an automotive cockpit, where all navigation systems are seamlessly integrated and as in the supersport, the details are in Carbon Skin such as the steering wheel. Finally, the unmistakable “start&stop” button (present on the yacht in two units, one per engine) is the same that starts the engine of the Lamborghini Car.

FGI uniquely offers a unique opportunity to acquiere one of the very few brokerage Lamborghini yacht in the USA.

Request the full specification of this superyacht to get all the details you might need, including accommodations, engine room, electronics, equipment and much more.

Request the layout of this superyacht to get all the details you might need, including the layout for accommodations, guest areas, crew cabins, deck spaces, engine room, and much more.

Request the brochure of this superyacht to get all the details you might need, including the layout for accommodations, guest areas, amenities, features and much more.

Standout Features

• 60 Knots Top Speed
• Styled by Lamborghini
• Jet Fighter “Start & Stop” Button
• Carbon Fiber Hull

Lamborghini Price

Would you like us to call you back?

Your Name Your phone number Best time to call

• NZD, $

No products in the cart.

Tecnomar’s Lamborghini 63 Hits The Water

With 4000 horsepower, it’s enough to make your supercar jealous.

By Richard Alban 14/07/2021

Related articles

This new 111-foot hybrid catamaran is topped with a glass hot tub.

• This Speedy 70-Foot Power Catamaran Is Designed to Cut Through Rough Waters
• Meet the Chefs Swapping Michelin-Starred Kitchens for Superyacht Galleys

For supercar addicts,  Lamborghini’s Raging Bull badge has a prestige value that surpasses just about every other automotive marque. Who can forget the iconic Miura   and   Countach, for example, or fail to recognize the outrageously aggressive styling and high-pitched roar of a 12-cylinder Aventador when it looks like a blurred shadow passing on the highway?

The company has long produced big-block marine engines for offshore powerboat racing, but in 2020, it announced a collaboration with Tecnomar, part of The Italian Sea Group, to transpose the Lamborghini spirit into a ferociously styled, high-speed motoryacht.

The first Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63 (the 63 references the yacht’s length in feet  and  Lamborghini’s 1963 foundation) is now in the water.  Robb Report  was able to experience the yacht’s thrilling performance firsthand during an invitation-only event at Tecnomar’s Tuscany-based shipyard.

The lean, low profile is more like a smaller performance boat than a 19-metre motoryacht. So is the 60-knot-plus top speed. Courtesy Italian Sea Group

“What we didn’t want was to simply have a car on the water,” said Mitja Borkert, director of Lamborghini’s Centro Stile. “It would have been very naive to just take the car shape and put it on top of a hull. It had to be supremely clean and classy.”

”One of the biggest challenges was maintaining a very low profile like the cars, because on a yacht you need a certain amount of headroom for comfort,” adds Gian Marco Campanino, art director at The Italian Sea Group. “It was a balance between making everything as light and sleek as possible, but also robust and vibration free.”

A trademark Lamborghini motif is the distinctive hexagonal shape of its supercars when viewed from the front or rear. This has been subtly reproduced in the angled hull windows and open transom of the yacht.

Despite the low exterior profile, the interior is wide open and filled with natural light.  Courtesy Italian Sea Group

Other features on the 63 reference specific Lamborghini models: The two leather pilot seats are adapted versions of those in the Huracan Evo with Sparco racing seatbelts; the helm is based on the steering wheel of the Aventador (minus the paddle shifts and air bag); and the  verde gea  paint job is the same as the new limited-series Siàn FKP 37, powered by hybrid technology. Even the dashboard graphics and aviation-style cover on the start/stop buttons are the same as the cars.

While the hull is made of fibreglass for strength, the carbon-fibre superstructure is designed to keep the weight down and centre of gravity low. Under the aft sunpad are a pair of gleaming MAN V12 diesel engines, 2,000 hp each.

When combined with a slippery hull form and surface drives, they provide a top speed in excess of 60 knots, making this 63-footer one of the fastest  yachts  in her class. At a cruising speed of 40 to 45 knots, she burns around 100 gallons of fuel per hour for a range of 360 nautical miles.

Tecnomar’s design team was able to replicate the hexagonal shape of a Lamborghini’s front by using angular side windows on the 63.  Courtesy Italian Sea Group

High speed usually means a bumpy ride, yet despite a stiff breeze that was kicking up three-foot waves during a test run, the Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63 ran close to her redline speed, with no slamming and minimal vibration. She also proved a very dry boat: at the end of the trial there was hardly a drop of seawater on the windshield.

The 63 was designed to be a fast day boat or weekend cruiser. Behind the helm is a dinette and galley station, pop-up television and rear sunpad. Belowdecks is a forward master suite and guest cabin with twin single berths, both with sporty, carbon-looking trim and gray-and-yellow leather upholstery that carries Lamborghini’s automotive style to the water.

With a base price of about $3.5 million, the performance yacht is aimed at Lamborghini’s existing client base. The Italian Sea Group was reluctant to say exactly how many units have been sold to date. It did confirm, however, that available build slots through 2022 have already been reserved.

Stay connected

Subscribe to the newsletter, stay connected, recommended for you.

This New Line of Megayachts Brings Modern, Loft-Style Living to the High Seas

Benetti’s first B.Loft model spans an impressive 213 feet

By Rachel Cormack

October 10, 2024

The new flagship of the Ultima range is green, zippy, and just the right amount of glitzy.

September 30, 2024

You may also like .

By Victoria Gomelsky

By Robb Report Team

By Tori Latham

How the Most Rare and Valuable Watches Are Traded Among Elite Collectors

Some of the world’s most interesting watches spend decades being traded privately before we learn about them.

By Victoria Gomelsky 10/10/2024

Before social media became the lingua franca of the watch world, there were forums. And on those forums, collectors—especially collectors of vintage Rolex—often traded timepieces amongst each other.

The advent of Instagram in the early 2010s, coupled with the explosion in interest in vintage timepieces, drew attention to this corner of the watch world, and with that attention came increased competition for the finest examples. In the case of six- and seven-figure watches, high-end dealers, like James Lamdin, founder and vice president of vintage and pre-owned watches at Analog:Shift, became trusted intermediaries, negotiating sales for pieces not once or twice but often multiple times as they made the rounds of the collector community.

“There are watches out there that may not be massively rare by reference, but are by example,” Lamdin tells  Robb Report . “Tropical patina, ghosted bezel, or celebrity provenance—it’s that watch. When those watches go into a collection, usually it’s with the implicit understanding that they’re valuable and people will want them from you and will make you a profit when you sell them.”

The best dealers have built relationships with collectors around the world and often have first right of refusal when those pieces come back to market. But even still, the most coveted models can still slip through their fingers.

Eric Wind, of Wind Vintage in Palm Beach, Fla., has lost and found some of the world’s most storied watches. In 2015, when he was vice president, senior specialist at Christie’s in New York, Wind came across a “super rare” 1957 Audemars Piguet Ref. 5516 perpetual calendar that had languished in rural Florida until the nephew of the original owner consigned it to Christie’s. The first perpetual calendar wristwatch to feature a leap-year indicator, the piece was one of just nine made by Audemars Piguet in the 1950s. Wind considers it “the one in the best condition.”

He showed it to one of Christie’s better-known clients, Patrick Getreid, owner of the OAK Collection, who purchased it in 2015 for $545,000. In 2023, Getreid consigned it to Christie’s in Hong Kong. That’s when Wind decided to give the piece another shot.

“I had registered to bid on it but at the last minute, I got cold feet,” Wind continues. “It was starting kind of high compared with what Getreide had paid for it. I was bidding remotely from Florida, but when no one else is bidding, you’re kind of wondering if you’re a genius or a fool. Is there something everyone else knows that I don’t? The question was about market value. The watch ended up passing and I purchased it via private sale—or private treaty, as it’s known—after the sale. I had two clients who really wanted it. I offered it to both, but one was more ready to pull the trigger and he got it. It never saw the light of day.” That Audemars Piguet perpetual calendar, Wind says, “remains one of my top five watches on the planet.”

As he reflected on the piece’s winding journey, Wind considered his own role in its comings and goings. “It was fun to be part of the lifecycle of that watch, from when it was discovered in rural Florida and consigned to Christie’s, and then sold to a great collector, who sold it again,” he says. “I imagine it will come back to me at some point. I don’t know if it will be two years from now or 40 years.”

Another grail watch that Wind helped shepherd to a client was an exceptional Paul Newman Rolex Daytona Panda reference 2623 with a full set and a tropical dial that was sold by a small Swedish auction house just under a decade ago. “Another dealer got it,” Wind explains. “I was still at Christie’s, and I fell in love with the watch. This dealer who had it for a year then sold it to an Italian dealer, who then sold it to a collector in Asia. I was tracking the watch on Instagram and saw the collector post it. By that time, I had become a dealer.

“I made an offer to the collector to purchase it on behalf of my client,” he adds. “It had been owned by a Swedish boat captain and had been given to him by the family he worked for, the equivalent of the Rockefellers in Sweden. We had to arrange shipment to the U.S. by Malca-Amit armored transport. Whenever these high-value watches move around, you have to deal with armored shipments, customs, proper transportation, and a lot of paperwork. It takes some time but it’s well worth it.”

Both the AP perpetual calendar and Daytona were original and unpolished—“the kind of watches I look for,” Wind says. “It’s funny how watches circle around. Within the high-end watch world, we’re not talking about thousands and thousands of watches. We’re talking about a relatively small amount of great watches.”

Eric Ku, a high-end vintage dealer in Northern California, certainly knows the drill.

About 15 years ago, he was offered a first-of-its-kind 1996 Rolex Cosmograph Daytona “Rainbow” reference 16599 in white gold on a leather strap.

“I’ve been hunting jeweled Rolexes for a really long time, before it was a cool thing,” Ku, cofounder of the online auction site Loupe This, says. “The watch first surfaced to me around 15 years ago. It was offered to me by a dealer in the Middle East and was coming from, allegedly, a member of a royal family. At the time, the pricing was completely different than it is today. After going back and forth, I offered $130,500 and the seller wanted $136,462. I lost the watch. I was gutted. I’d been stalking the watch. But at the time, relative to the market, it didn’t make sense for me. It was a really tough time, might have been around the financial crisis. I felt confident it would come back to me, but it didn’t.

“Then, in 2012, Rolex introduced its new rainbow Daytona,” Ku says. “I had no doubt about the authenticity of the watch I’d lost out on, but seeing the new rainbow Daytona completely validated me and erased any scintilla of a doubt that I had about the watch. Fast forward a couple years: The watch was offered to me again privately, by a different person in the Middle East at a significant multiple of the original offering—let’s say in the mid six-figures. I bought it.”

In 2017, Ku sold the watch to an important collector based overseas, “a person of very high taste and connoisseurship who appreciated the rarity of that watch,” he says. The collector, by Ku’s reckoning, also appreciated the story of its journey. “Dealers and old collectors always like trading war stories,” he says. “What’s the one thing that got away and then it came back? The collector got sold on the story.”

Now, the watch is coming back to market on Nov. 8 at Phillips Geneva, where it’s being offered in a sale dedicated to neo-vintage timepieces (Reloaded: The Rebirth of Mechanical Watchmaking 1980-1999) and is estimated to fetch in excess of $5.93  million.

“It’s probably the sexiest watch of the season,” Ku says.

Buy the Magazine

By Horacio Silva

Simply the Best: Jewel Private Residences

The Gold Coast’s most acclaimed new architectural offering is unrivalled for luxurious beachfront living.

By Robb Report Team 14/10/2024

The Jewel Private Residences in Surfer’s paradise are an adventure in style. Located steps from the ocean, between the prime coastal locations of Surfer’s Paradise, these fully complete apartments with access to five-star resort living on absolute beachfront have been attracting prestige property buyers, bon vivants and design aficionados since they went on the market.

So much so that the 100 apartments released to the market in three stages have been snapped up for a cool $200 million; the 30 apartments in Stage Three that were released last month have totalled $60 million in sales.

It’s not hard to see why. Located in a $1.5 billion three-tower landmark district encompassing two towers dedicated to the Jewel Private Residences, as well as the five-star hotel tower The Langham, Gold Coast, these stunning apartments with their distinctive glass curtain walling system, present a unique opportunity for savvy buyers. In fact, the precinct offers the first prestige international hotel and towers with unfettered beachfront access to be built on the Gold Coast in 30 years.

Says Total Property Group managing director Adrian Parsons, “Jewel steps straight off the sand into The Langham Gold Coast’s luxurious five-star amenities, including the Lagoon Pool with swim-up bar, 26 & Sunny Café, restaurant Akoya and T’ang Court, lobby bar, and wellness facilities.”

Not that there is much reason to leave these life-style-envy-inducing homes. In addition to the unrivalled views, the residences contain state-of-the-art gourmet kitchens with stone benchtops with 60mm edges (some with large island benches and waterfall edges), stone splashbacks and top-of-the-line Miele appliances. Premium residences feature sumptuous bathrooms appointed with stone-top vanities, black glass framed walls and free-standing baths.

The building, the result of a collaboration between Oppenheim Architects and DBI, employs sophisticated facade technologies to ensure shading from sun and shelter from the wind, delivering a 5-star green star building, that is as handsome as it is sustainable. Put simply, it represents the pinnacle of luxury living on the Gold Coast—the best of the best.

A perfect fit for Robb Report, in other words. Which is why we are thrilled to be partnering with Jewel Private Residences on our Car of the Year 2024 event (COTY) being held on the Gold Coast next week. As one of our marquee events of the year, COTY is a 2-day adventure, celebrating excellence in automative design and engineering, bolstered by an exciting program of activations featuring not only the world’s top motoring marques but also some of the world’s leading luxury brands. An experience not to be missed and simply the best.

For information on apartments at Jewel Private Residences Gold Coast, visit jewelprivateresidences.com.au or phone Total Property Group on 1300 552 456.

For more information on Car of the Year 2024, visit our Events Page .

Champagne Bollinger Just Released a Limited-Edition, James Bond–Inspired Bubbly

The Champagne Bollinger 007 Goldfinger Limited Edition comes with its own carrying case and glasses.

By Tori Latham 11/10/2024

When it comes to drinks, James Bond may be best associated with a martini—shaken, not stirred, of course. But the secret agent has been known to enjoy a glass or two of bubbly as well.

Champagne Bollinger has long been the Champagne of choice for Bond, and now the house is honouring that relationship with a special-edition bottle that commemorates the 60th anniversary of Goldfinger .

Whether you’re a Bond fan or a Champagne connoisseur, the $5,950 Champagne Bollinger 007 Goldfinger Limited Edition package is meant to appeal to both sensibilities.

The star of the show is the Champagne, of course: Here, Champagne Bollinger is offering a 2007 vintage Magnum, made from hand-picked grapes and aged 17 years in the house’s cellars. Spicy aromas on the nose are contrasted with notes of fruit, brioche, and honey. The Champagne has been packaged in a bespoke Globe-Trotter Air Cabin Case and comes with four Champagne Bollinger 007 glasses in which to enjoy the bubbly. Limited to just 200 individually numbered pieces, it’s a true collector’s item.

Champagne Bollinger has enjoyed a lengthy relationship with the James Bond franchise, dating back to when Roger Moore popped the first bottle in 1973’s Live and Let Die . Since then, the two have become almost inseparable, and Champagne Bollinger is proudly being served at the very first official James Bond bar, which just opened in London. If you can’t snag the limited-edition set for yourself, you can at least imbibe in a glass of the good stuff at the 007 at Burlington Arcade.

That bar and the special Champagne Bollinger package are all part of the festivities celebrating 1964’s Goldfinger . The film and Bond’s ensuing legacy have established him as one of the biggest (fictional) names in the luxury world, with his love of expensive watches, fast cars, and fine spirits.

While it’s unlikely that many of us can channel the special agent when it comes to his escapades and hijinks, we should delight in the fact that we can embrace our inner Bond by sidling up to the 007 bar or throwing back a glass of the Champagne Bollinger 007 Goldfinger Limited Edition. It’s exactly how our favorite M16 agent would want us to honour him.

Golden Touch

Discretion is the better part of glamour at the glittering Maybourne Beverly Hills. 

By Horacio Silva 09/10/2024

Los Angeles does not want for star wattage, but for years now, the city’s hotel scene has been a little lacklustre. So news that the beloved Montage hotel has been completely redone under the Maybourne brand (the British powerhouse that operates Claridge’s, The Connaught, and Berkeley Hotels in London, and the recently opened Maybourne Riviera on the Côte d’Azur) should come as a boon to Australians looking for a new Tinseltown bolthole.

Situated within Beverly Hills’ famous Golden Triangle, just north of Wilshire Boulevard and Four Season’s Beverly Wilshire, and one block from the world-renowned luxury retailers, restaurants and celeb-spotting of Rodeo Drive, The Maybourne Beverly Hills offers a chic retreat from the designer flexing at its doorstep; a rare escape in the heart of this storied enclave that flies under the radar like a cap-wearing celeb dodging the paparazzi.

Set amid the manicured, Mediterranean-style Beverly Cañon Gardens plaza, which unfolds from the hotel’s west entrance, the new incarnation of Montage Beverly Hills (55 suites and 20 private residences, each with a balcony or patio with a courtyard or city view) still evokes the grand estates of Old Hollywood while feeling like you’re in a European mainstay.

Revealing a restrained new guestroom and suite design by Bryan O’Sullivan, a blue-chip art collection and some of the most solicitous staff in town, the Maybourne speaks in a laid-back Californian accent but still holds true to the luxury touchpoints of five-star service for which one of the world’s most exclusive neighbourhoods—and hotel brands—is known.

“It’s reassuringly British when it comes to service—it’s a culture of yes,” says Linden Pride, the Australian restaurant and bar owner behind the award-winning Caffe Dante in New York and Bobbie’s, the new speakeasy opening this month below Neil Perry’s new Song Bird restaurant in Sydney’s Double Bay (page 40). Pride should know; he lived at the Maybourne for almost a year while he and his partner, Nathalie Hudson, set up Dante, the stunning new restaurant and bar on the hotel’s ninth-floor rooftop. “Looking out from the roof onto lemon and olive trees, it’s easy to forget that you’re in Southern California, not Europe.”

Opened last year, Dante has quickly become one of the hottest reservations in town, luring in celebrities from Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin to the entire Real Madrid soccer team. Like its sister outposts in New York (besides the Greenwich Village original, a West Village location opened in 2020), the focus here is on non-threatening antipasti and aperitivi in a produce-driven menu of fresh familiar stalwarts, with the addition of wood-fired dishes from a giant pizza oven at the heart of the room. Just as it does in New York, a negroni cart does the rounds, and each afternoon is welcomed with a martini happy hour.

It’s all fittingly Cali-chill. The only drama in the place is a striking ceiling fresco by Los Angeles artist Abel Macias, which dominates the 146-seat room. “Nathalie and I had just been to Europe when we decided to open up here,” Pride recalls, “and the Sistine Chapel blew us away. When we saw the domed ceiling in this room it was a no-brainer.”

Dante joins a string of newcomers in the area, including New York transplants Café Boulud, Marea and Cipriani. Don’t look now, but with arrivals like the Maybourne and Dante, one of the world’s stuffiest cities—yes, Beverly Hills is its own 14.8 km² metropolis—might just be entering a new golden age.

The Maybourne

Hibiki 40 Year Old Resets the Bar for One of Whisky’s Most Exalted Names

The legendary blender reasserts itself in the industry’s uppermost pantheon with its oldest and rarest blended release ever.

By Brad Nash 04/10/2024

Over the last decade, whiskies from Suntory’s famed Hibiki stable have gone from a top-shelf staple to the new byword for luxury in the increasingly rarefied world of Japanese whisky. As stocks of its famed age statement blends drew ever lower, the air of exclusivity around the distillery grew and grew – something that has stuck around even as the brand’s new flagship blend, Harmony, became more readily available once more.

It’s becoming clearer, however, that Hibiki still has a few exceptional tricks up its sleeves. Twenty-one and 30-year-old age statement whiskies have released in the past few years to critical acclaim, confirming that Suntory still has some particularly rarefied output yet to unveil. Now, in the brand’s boldest move yet, a 40-year-old blend is set to hit the market in extremely limited quantities, taking Hibiki’s already lofty benchmarks of rarity and lineage to new heights.

As with Hibiki’s other blends, Suntory’s Chief Blender, Shinji Fukuyo, has spent years perfecting a blend that brings some of Japan’s oldest and finest spirits into perfect harmony – achieving a smoothness and complexity that takes the brand’s hallmark qualities to a new plane. Single malts from Yamazaki, Hakushu, and Chita all feature, having been individually aged for four decades to form a true expression of the place they were made, before making their way into the final blend.

Truly a multi-generational blend, Hibiki 40 Year Old is designed not just as an expression of the skills and expertise passed down through generations of individual distillers, but that of Fukuyo’s forebears, legendary Suntory blenders Shingo and Shinjiro Torii.

The result is a final liquid rich with sweet fresh fruit, light citrus zest, and spice, supported by a luxurious undercurrent of acacia honey and dried fruit. Each crystal bottle is adorned with a mother-of-pearl inlay and decorated with a handcrafted label from Japanese washi artist Eriko Horiki.

While age statement single malts in the four- and five-decade category have become increasingly the vogue in recent years, never before has a blended whisky been attempted with such old stock—a unique challenge for its maker.

“Behind the elegance and bloom that is typical of Hibiki, there is a sense of subduedness, like that of an old temple, and a wabi-sabi patina due to the long aging process,” says Fukuyo. “I would like people to enjoy the pure and pure aroma that has been sharpened over the years; the tranquility of old temples and storehouses and the nostalgic warm feeling that accompanies them.”

Limited to just 400 bottles, Hibiki 40 Year Old will release on October 4th, with bottles retailing at $75,000.

Australian fans of the brand will have the unique opportunity to immerse themselves in the Hibiki 40 Year Old experience, including a taste of the exalted liquid, at an exclusive event at Clare Smyth’s Oncore on October 24th, 2025. Tickets are available for $1,800 per person.

Sign up to receive the latest articles from our diverse categories

• Property For Sale
• Bulk Magazine Orders
• Privacy Policy
• Terms & conditions

Download the app

© 2024 Kanebridge Media Pty Ltd. All Rights Reserved

LIVE A LUXURY LIFE

Sign up for exclusive offers and invitations, our dedicated concierge service and the ultimate in luxury living..