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Balvenie 16 Year Old French Oak Pineau Cask Finish

£95
5%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 3 auction houses

Regularly traded· 29 lots a year

Auction lots

271

Houses

3

Last sold

8 days ago

Balvenie 16 Year Old French Oak Pineau Cask Finish is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balvenie aged 16 years. Based on 271 recorded auction lots across 53 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £96, with the most recent sale at £95. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £75 (low) to £155 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balvenie 16 Year Old French Oak Pineau Cask Finish is £87–£103 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Balvenie 16 Year Old French Oak Pineau Cask Finish is down 5%, with a 6-month trend of +18.8% (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 Balvenie

Balvenie is a whisky distillery. Balvenie 16 Year Old French Oak Pineau Cask Finish is an age-stated bottling at 16 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as caskfinishfrenchoakpineau, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.

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
Balvenie
Age
16 years
Edition
French Oak Pineau Cask Finish
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£95

24-month median

£96

24-month high

£155

24-month low

£75

Estimated value · likely range

£87–£103 ±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.

Market presence

last 12 months

Regularly tradedseveral lots most weeks

Seen at auction

29 lots

Cadence

≈ 2 per month

Trend

12% vs prior year

Houses

3

Activity rank

top 2% of tracked bottles

Last seen

8 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer · whisky.auction

Cross-house median

£95

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 3 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions87£100£100
Whisky Hammer39£93£93
whisky.auction1£100£100
18.8%vs 6 months ago
5%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£73£116£160Apr 22Dec 22Aug 23Apr 24Dec 24Aug 25Apr 26Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£952
July 2026£1101
June 2026£872
May 2026£802
April 2026£1001
March 2026£853
February 2026£803
January 2026£951
December 2025£854
November 2025£935
October 2025£1104
September 2025£751

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Balvenie 16 Year Old French Oak Pineau Cask Finish at auction?

Balvenie 16 Year Old French Oak Pineau Cask Finish appeared in 29 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is down 12% on the previous year. It has traded at 3 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 2% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Balvenie 16 Year Old French Oak Pineau Cask Finish?

The latest hammer price for Balvenie 16 Year Old French Oak Pineau Cask Finish at auction is £95. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £96, with a high of £155 and a low of £75. 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 Balvenie 16 Year Old French Oak Pineau Cask Finish changed in value over the past year?

Balvenie 16 Year Old French Oak Pineau Cask Finish is down 5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 18.8%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Balvenie 16 Year Old French Oak Pineau Cask Finish?

Balvenie 16 Year Old French Oak Pineau Cask 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 £96 (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 Balvenie 16 Year Old French Oak Pineau Cask Finish a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Balvenie 16 Year Old French Oak Pineau Cask Finish has moved down 5%, with a current median hammer price of £96. The bottle has been observed at auction across 271 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 Balvenie 16 Year Old French Oak Pineau Cask 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 £95, 24-month median £96 — 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 Balvenie 16 Year Old French Oak Pineau Cask Finish that hammers at £95 would cost the buyer approximately £120 all-in including buyer's premium.

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