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Chichibu 2012 Virgin Oak Barrel #1685 Bottled 2022 - Chotto Matte 70cl / 59.5%

£460

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

5

Houses

1

Last sold

3 days ago

Chichibu 2012 Virgin Oak Barrel #1685 Bottled 2022 - Chotto Matte 70cl / 59.5% is a collectable Scotch whisky from Chichibu, bottled in 2022. Based on 5 recorded auction lots across 5 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £460, with the most recent sale at £460. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £440 (low) to £475 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Chichibu 2012 Virgin Oak Barrel #1685 Bottled 2022 - Chotto Matte 70cl / 59.5% is £423–£497 8% around the latest sale).

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About Chichibu

Chichibu is a whisky distillery. Chichibu 2012 Virgin Oak Barrel #1685 Bottled 2022 - Chotto Matte 70cl / 59.5% is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 2012, released in 2022.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2012), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 1685) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.

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
Chichibu
Vintage
2012
Bottled
2022
Cask number
1685
Edition
Virgin Oak Chotto Matte 59
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£460

24-month median

£460

24-month high

£475

24-month low

£440

Estimated value · likely range

£423–£497 ±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

5 lots

Cadence

≈ every 73 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 17% of tracked bottles

Last seen

3 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£427£458£489Feb 26Apr 26May 26Jul 26Sept 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2026£4601
July 2026£4501
May 2026£4601
April 2026£4401
February 2026£4751

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Chichibu 2012 Virgin Oak Barrel #1685 Bottled 2022 - Chotto Matte 70cl / 59.5% at auction?

Chichibu 2012 Virgin Oak Barrel #1685 Bottled 2022 - Chotto Matte 70cl / 59.5% 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 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 Chichibu 2012 Virgin Oak Barrel #1685 Bottled 2022 - Chotto Matte 70cl / 59.5%?

The latest hammer price for Chichibu 2012 Virgin Oak Barrel #1685 Bottled 2022 - Chotto Matte 70cl / 59.5% at auction is £460. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £460, with a high of £475 and a low of £440. 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 Chichibu 2012 Virgin Oak Barrel #1685 Bottled 2022 - Chotto Matte 70cl / 59.5% changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Chichibu 2012 Virgin Oak Barrel #1685 Bottled 2022 - Chotto Matte 70cl / 59.5%, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £440 to £475 (median £460).

Where can I sell Chichibu 2012 Virgin Oak Barrel #1685 Bottled 2022 - Chotto Matte 70cl / 59.5%?

Chichibu 2012 Virgin Oak Barrel #1685 Bottled 2022 - Chotto Matte 70cl / 59.5% 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 £460 (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 Chichibu 2012 Virgin Oak Barrel #1685 Bottled 2022 - Chotto Matte 70cl / 59.5% a good investment?

Chichibu 2012 Virgin Oak Barrel #1685 Bottled 2022 - Chotto Matte 70cl / 59.5% has appeared in 5 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £460. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Chichibu 2012 Virgin Oak Barrel #1685 Bottled 2022 - Chotto Matte 70cl / 59.5%?

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 £460, 24-month median £460 — 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 Chichibu 2012 Virgin Oak Barrel #1685 Bottled 2022 - Chotto Matte 70cl / 59.5% that hammers at £460 would cost the buyer approximately £580 all-in including buyer's premium.

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