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Caol Ila 8 Year Old Unpeated 2008 Release

£100
9.1%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 7 lots a year

Auction lots

37

Houses

1

Last sold

81 days ago

Caol Ila 8 Year Old Unpeated 2008 Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Caol Ila aged 8 years. Based on 37 recorded auction lots across 19 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £85, with the most recent sale at £100. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £50 (low) to £120 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Caol Ila 8 Year Old Unpeated 2008 Release is £82–£118 18% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Caol Ila 8 Year Old Unpeated 2008 Release is down 9.1%, with a 6-month trend of +25% (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 Caol Ila

Caol Ila is a whisky distillery. Caol Ila 8 Year Old Unpeated 2008 Release is an age-stated bottling at 8 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.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as unpeated, 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
Caol Ila
Age
8 years
Vintage
2008
Edition
Unpeated
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£100

24-month median

£85

24-month high

£120

24-month low

£50

Estimated value · likely range

£82–£118 ±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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

7 lots

Cadence

≈ every 52 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 13% of tracked bottles

Last seen

81 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

25%vs 6 months ago
9.1%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£49£86£124Apr 16Mar 17Jan 20Jul 21Nov 23Sept 25Jun 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2026£1001
March 2026£552
February 2026£652
September 2025£852
February 2025£952
February 2024£1202
November 2023£802
September 2023£852
November 2022£1102
July 2021£602
January 2021£852
June 2020£1102

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Caol Ila 8 Year Old Unpeated 2008 Release at auction?

Caol Ila 8 Year Old Unpeated 2008 Release appeared in 7 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 13% 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 Caol Ila 8 Year Old Unpeated 2008 Release?

The latest hammer price for Caol Ila 8 Year Old Unpeated 2008 Release at auction is £100. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £85, with a high of £120 and a low of £50. 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 Caol Ila 8 Year Old Unpeated 2008 Release changed in value over the past year?

Caol Ila 8 Year Old Unpeated 2008 Release is down 9.1% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 25%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Caol Ila 8 Year Old Unpeated 2008 Release?

Caol Ila 8 Year Old Unpeated 2008 Release 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 £85 (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 Caol Ila 8 Year Old Unpeated 2008 Release a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Caol Ila 8 Year Old Unpeated 2008 Release has moved down 9.1%, with a current median hammer price of £85. The bottle has been observed at auction across 37 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 Caol Ila 8 Year Old Unpeated 2008 Release?

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 £100, 24-month median £85 — 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 Caol Ila 8 Year Old Unpeated 2008 Release that hammers at £100 would cost the buyer approximately £126 all-in including buyer's premium.

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