A spirit sold at Singapore's Changi Airport is so expensive that potential buyers are only allowed to taste the vapour.

Footage shot on 18 March 2019 shows the liquor's 128,000 Singapore dollar (95,429 US dollar) price tag, and the 'cloud machine' that generated the vapour to taste.

The drink has been aged for 50 years or more.

It is unclear whether the airport, whose activities have been sharply curtailed by the pandemic, is still selling the booze.

Visit Changi Airport and encounter this super expensive liquor that cost 128,000 SGD per bottle. The liquor had been aged for 50 years or more. As it is so expensive that they can only use a “cloud machine” to generate the vapour for you to taste test. The spirit sold are LOUIS XIII

LOUIS XIII is served to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at the Royal Banquet at the Château de Versailles in 1938 and again on Queen Elizabeth II's visit to France in 1957

All Louis XIII de Rémy Martin is a blend of 1,200 eaux de vie between 40 and 100 years old, aged in oak barrels that are several hundred years old; it costs about $128,000 SGD (around 100K USD) for the most expensive 6L bottle in Singapore. This price you can almost buy a house.

The name was chosen as a tribute to King Louis XIII of France, the reigning monarch when the Rémy Martin family settled in the Cognac region. Louis XIII cognac is produced in the Grande Champagne region of Cognac, from the growing of the grapes to the distillation and aging of the eaux-de-vie.

The wine is so expensive that they have to use a cloud machine to generate the vapor mist and you can try out the fragrance.

Aging for over 50 years the wine slowly absorbed the color and fragrance from the oak barrel. During the process you also lost about 50% of the wine due to evaporations