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Cadenhead’s 2008 16 Year Old Islay Single Malt Enigma

£85

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 16 lots a year

Auction lots

16

Houses

1

Last sold

30 days ago

Cadenhead’s 2008 16 Year Old Islay Single Malt Enigma is a collectable Scotch whisky from Cadenhead’s aged 16 years. Based on 16 recorded auction lots across 9 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £80, with the most recent sale at £85. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £65 (low) to £85 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Cadenhead’s 2008 16 Year Old Islay Single Malt Enigma is £77–£93 9% around the latest sale).

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About Cadenhead’s

Cadenhead’s is a whisky distillery. Cadenhead’s 2008 16 Year Old Islay Single Malt Enigma is an age-stated bottling at 16 years old, distilled in 2008.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2008), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Independent bottling

    An independent bottling by cadenhead, typically produced in far smaller numbers than an official distillery release.

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
Cadenhead’s
Age
16 years
Vintage
2008
Bottler
Cadenhead's
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£85

24-month median

£80

24-month high

£85

24-month low

£65

Estimated value · likely range

£77–£93 ±9%

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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

16 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 5% of tracked bottles

Last seen

30 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

6.3%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£63£75£88Sept 25Oct 25Nov 25Dec 25Jan 26Feb 26Jun 26Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£851
July 2026£832
June 2026£701
February 2026£752
January 2026£652
December 2025£702
November 2025£802
October 2025£852
September 2025£852

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Cadenhead’s 2008 16 Year Old Islay Single Malt Enigma at auction?

Cadenhead’s 2008 16 Year Old Islay Single Malt Enigma appeared in 16 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That puts it in the top 5% by auction activity among the 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Cadenhead’s 2008 16 Year Old Islay Single Malt Enigma?

The latest hammer price for Cadenhead’s 2008 16 Year Old Islay Single Malt Enigma at auction is £85. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £80, with a high of £85 and a low of £65. 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 Cadenhead’s 2008 16 Year Old Islay Single Malt Enigma changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Cadenhead’s 2008 16 Year Old Islay Single Malt Enigma, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £65 to £85 (median £80).

Where can I sell Cadenhead’s 2008 16 Year Old Islay Single Malt Enigma?

Cadenhead’s 2008 16 Year Old Islay Single Malt Enigma 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 £80 (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 Cadenhead’s 2008 16 Year Old Islay Single Malt Enigma a good investment?

Cadenhead’s 2008 16 Year Old Islay Single Malt Enigma has appeared in 16 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £80. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Cadenhead’s 2008 16 Year Old Islay Single Malt Enigma?

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 £85, 24-month median £80 — 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 Cadenhead’s 2008 16 Year Old Islay Single Malt Enigma that hammers at £85 would cost the buyer approximately £107 all-in including buyer's premium.

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