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Bruichladdich Cuvée E: Sauternes 16 Year Old

£150
14.3%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

52

Houses

1

Last sold

326 days ago

Bruichladdich Cuvée E: Sauternes 16 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bruichladdich aged 16 years. Based on 52 recorded auction lots across 23 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £165, with the most recent sale at £150. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £55 (low) to £340 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bruichladdich Cuvée E: Sauternes 16 Year Old is £123–£177 18% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Bruichladdich Cuvée E: Sauternes 16 Year Old is down 14.3%, with a 6-month trend of -25% (down). 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 Bruichladdich

Bruichladdich is a whisky distillery. Bruichladdich Cuvée E: Sauternes 16 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 16 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as cuvsauternes, 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
Bruichladdich
Age
16 years
Edition
Cuv Sauternes
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£150

24-month median

£165

24-month high

£340

24-month low

£55

Estimated value · likely range

£123–£177 ±18%

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

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

326 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

25%vs 6 months ago
14.3%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£53£202£350Mar 13Oct 15Nov 16Oct 22Sept 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2025£1502
September 2025£1602
April 2025£1802
April 2023£1602
October 2022£2302
January 2021£2602
May 2019£2006
December 2018£1902
September 2018£3402
April 2018£1251
March 2018£1685
February 2018£2302

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bruichladdich Cuvée E: Sauternes 16 Year Old at auction?

Bruichladdich Cuvée E: Sauternes 16 Year Old appeared in 4 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That puts it in the top 22% 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 Bruichladdich Cuvée E: Sauternes 16 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Bruichladdich Cuvée E: Sauternes 16 Year Old at auction is £150. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £165, with a high of £340 and a low of £55. 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 Bruichladdich Cuvée E: Sauternes 16 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Bruichladdich Cuvée E: Sauternes 16 Year Old is down 14.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 25%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Bruichladdich Cuvée E: Sauternes 16 Year Old?

Bruichladdich Cuvée E: Sauternes 16 Year Old 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 £165 (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 Bruichladdich Cuvée E: Sauternes 16 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Bruichladdich Cuvée E: Sauternes 16 Year Old has moved down 14.3%, with a current median hammer price of £165. The bottle has been observed at auction across 52 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 Bruichladdich Cuvée E: Sauternes 16 Year Old?

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 £150, 24-month median £165 — 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 Bruichladdich Cuvée E: Sauternes 16 Year Old that hammers at £150 would cost the buyer approximately £189 all-in including buyer's premium.

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