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Bunnahabhain 2005 Palo Cortado Finish

£130
18.7%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

113

Houses

1

Last sold

53 days ago

Bunnahabhain 2005 Palo Cortado Finish is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bunnahabhain. Based on 113 recorded auction lots across 40 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £150, with the most recent sale at £130. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £120 (low) to £190 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bunnahabhain 2005 Palo Cortado Finish is £117–£143 10% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Bunnahabhain 2005 Palo Cortado Finish is down 18.7%, with a 6-month trend of -13.3% (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 Bunnahabhain

Bunnahabhain is a whisky distillery. Bunnahabhain 2005 Palo Cortado Finish is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 2005.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2005), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as cortadofinishpalo, 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
Bunnahabhain
Vintage
2005
Edition
Palo Cortado Finish
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£130

24-month median

£150

24-month high

£190

24-month low

£120

Estimated value · likely range

£117–£143 ±10%

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

5 lots

Cadence

≈ every 73 days

Trend

17% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 17% of tracked bottles

Last seen

53 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

13.3%vs 6 months ago
18.7%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£116£156£196Dec 18Jul 19Dec 20Nov 21Sept 23Jun 25Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£1301
April 2026£1502
December 2025£1502
June 2025£1802
December 2024£1302
September 2024£1302
August 2024£1502
May 2024£1702
December 2023£1202
September 2023£1602
July 2023£1302
May 2023£1502

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bunnahabhain 2005 Palo Cortado Finish at auction?

Bunnahabhain 2005 Palo Cortado Finish appeared in 5 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 17% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 17% 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 Bunnahabhain 2005 Palo Cortado Finish?

The latest hammer price for Bunnahabhain 2005 Palo Cortado Finish at auction is £130. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £150, with a high of £190 and a low of £120. 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 Bunnahabhain 2005 Palo Cortado Finish changed in value over the past year?

Bunnahabhain 2005 Palo Cortado Finish is down 18.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 13.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Bunnahabhain 2005 Palo Cortado Finish?

Bunnahabhain 2005 Palo Cortado 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 £150 (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 Bunnahabhain 2005 Palo Cortado Finish a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Bunnahabhain 2005 Palo Cortado Finish has moved down 18.7%, with a current median hammer price of £150. The bottle has been observed at auction across 113 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 Bunnahabhain 2005 Palo Cortado 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 £130, 24-month median £150 — 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 Bunnahabhain 2005 Palo Cortado Finish that hammers at £130 would cost the buyer approximately £164 all-in including buyer's premium.

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