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Benriach 16 Year Old (Claret wood finish)

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Benriach 16 Year Old (Claret wood finish) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Benriach aged 16 years. Based on 66 recorded auction lots across 41 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £45, with the most recent sale at £59. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £33 (low) to £80 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Benriach 16 Year Old (Claret wood finish) is £54–£64 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Benriach 16 Year Old (Claret wood finish) is up 6.8%, with a 6-month trend of +30.6% (up). wsky1 aggregates hammer prices from major public Scotch whisky auctions including Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer, and Bonhams. All prices are in GBP and exclude buyer's premium (typically 24–28% additional at major houses). Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

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About Benriach

Benriach is a whisky distillery. Benriach 16 Year Old (Claret wood finish) is an age-stated bottling at 16 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

Benriach 16 Year Old (Claret wood finish) is a standard release without strong scarcity signals such as a single vintage, a long age statement, a single-cask outturn or a limited edition. Its secondary-market value is driven mainly by ongoing auction demand for Benriach rather than by built-in rarity.

These are scarcity and demand signals drawn from the bottle's own attributes — they describe the bottle, not a prediction of future price. Not investment advice.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Benriach
Expression
16 Year Old (Claret wood finish)
Age
16 years
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£59

24-month median

£45

24-month high

£80

24-month low

£33

Estimated value · likely range

£54–£64 ±8%

Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£45

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions39£53£45
Whisky Hammer8£65£55
30.6%vs 6 months ago
6.8%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
April 2026£593
February 2026£471
December 2025£401
November 2025£552
October 2025£452
September 2025£421
July 2025£451
March 2025£401
October 2024£451
August 2024£482
July 2024£801
April 2024£501

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Frequently asked questions

What is the current auction price of Benriach 16 Year Old (Claret wood finish)?

The latest hammer price for Benriach 16 Year Old (Claret wood finish) at auction is £59. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £45, with a high of £80 and a low of £33. All prices are in GBP and exclude buyer's premium. Data is aggregated from major auction houses including Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer, and Bonhams.

How much has Benriach 16 Year Old (Claret wood finish) changed in value over the past year?

Benriach 16 Year Old (Claret wood finish) is up 6.8% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 30.6%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Benriach 16 Year Old (Claret wood finish)?

Benriach 16 Year Old (Claret wood finish) regularly appears at major Scotch whisky auction houses including Scotch Whisky Auctions (Scotland), Whisky Auctioneer (Scotland), Just Whisky, Whisky Hammer, and Bonhams. The current median hammer price is £45 (excluding buyer's premium). At most major houses, buyer's premium adds 24–28% on top of hammer for the buyer; sellers typically receive the hammer price minus a sales commission of 5–15%.

Is Benriach 16 Year Old (Claret wood finish) a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Benriach 16 Year Old (Claret wood finish) has moved up 6.8%, with a current median hammer price of £45. The bottle has been observed at auction across 66 recorded lots in our database. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice. Whisky is an illiquid alternative asset; secondary-market value depends heavily on bottle condition, fill level, label integrity, and timing.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Benriach 16 Year Old (Claret wood finish)?

wsky1 ingests public auction results from major auction houses (via direct scraping of Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer, Bonhams, and Whisky Hammer, plus aggregated data from WhiskyHunter). For each bottle, we group hammer prices by year-month and compute the median price per month. The figures shown — latest £59, 24-month median £45 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding buyer's premium.

Does the price include buyer's premium?

No. All prices on wsky1 are hammer prices only. Buyer's premium at major Scotch whisky auction houses currently runs at 24–28% on top of the hammer price. A bottle of Benriach 16 Year Old (Claret wood finish) that hammers at £59 would cost the buyer approximately £74 all-in including buyer's premium.

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