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Bowmore 26 Year Old French Oak Barrique Vintner’s Trilogy

£220

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 6 lots a year

Auction lots

18

Houses

1

Last sold

25 days ago

Bowmore 26 Year Old French Oak Barrique Vintner’s Trilogy is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bowmore aged 26 years. Based on 18 recorded auction lots across 9 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £250, with the most recent sale at £220. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £200 (low) to £280 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bowmore 26 Year Old French Oak Barrique Vintner’s Trilogy is £202–£238 8% around the latest sale).

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About Bowmore

Bowmore is a whisky distillery. Bowmore 26 Year Old French Oak Barrique Vintner’s Trilogy is an age-stated bottling at 26 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Considerable age

    A 26-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as barriquefrenchoaktrilogyvintner, 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
Bowmore
Age
26 years
Edition
French Oak Barrique Vintner Trilogy
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£220

24-month median

£250

24-month high

£280

24-month low

£200

Estimated value · likely range

£202–£238 ±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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

6 lots

Cadence

≈ every 61 days

Trend

50% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 14% of tracked bottles

Last seen

25 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

21.4%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£194£241£288Sept 24Feb 25Apr 25Jun 25Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£2201
June 2026£2501
April 2026£2354
July 2025£2002
June 2025£2802
April 2025£2602
February 2025£2802
October 2024£2502
September 2024£2602

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bowmore 26 Year Old French Oak Barrique Vintner’s Trilogy at auction?

Bowmore 26 Year Old French Oak Barrique Vintner’s Trilogy appeared in 6 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is down 50% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 14% 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 Bowmore 26 Year Old French Oak Barrique Vintner’s Trilogy?

The latest hammer price for Bowmore 26 Year Old French Oak Barrique Vintner’s Trilogy at auction is £220. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £250, with a high of £280 and a low of £200. 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 Bowmore 26 Year Old French Oak Barrique Vintner’s Trilogy changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Bowmore 26 Year Old French Oak Barrique Vintner’s Trilogy, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £200 to £280 (median £250).

Where can I sell Bowmore 26 Year Old French Oak Barrique Vintner’s Trilogy?

Bowmore 26 Year Old French Oak Barrique Vintner’s Trilogy 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 £250 (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 Bowmore 26 Year Old French Oak Barrique Vintner’s Trilogy a good investment?

Bowmore 26 Year Old French Oak Barrique Vintner’s Trilogy has appeared in 18 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £250. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Bowmore 26 Year Old French Oak Barrique Vintner’s Trilogy?

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 £220, 24-month median £250 — 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 Bowmore 26 Year Old French Oak Barrique Vintner’s Trilogy that hammers at £220 would cost the buyer approximately £277 all-in including buyer's premium.

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