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Mortlach - 21 Year Old (2020 Special Release)

£180

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

13

Houses

2

Last sold

16 days ago

Mortlach - 21 Year Old (2020 Special Release) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Mortlach aged 21 years. Based on 13 recorded auction lots across 12 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £350, with the most recent sale at £180. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £180 (low) to £440 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Mortlach - 21 Year Old (2020 Special Release) is £158–£203 (±13% around the latest sale).

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About Mortlach

Mortlach is a whisky distillery. Mortlach - 21 Year Old (2020 Special Release) is an age-stated bottling at 21 years old, distilled in 2020.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2020), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Age statement

    A 21-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as special, 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
Mortlach
Age
21 years
Vintage
2020
Edition
Special
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£180

24-month median

£350

24-month high

£440

24-month low

£180

Estimated value · likely range

£158–£203 ±13%

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

2

Activity rank

top 19% of tracked bottles

Last seen

16 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£355

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions13£180£360
Whisky Hammer5£130£350
▼ 35.7%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£175£314£453Feb 21May 22Nov 22May 25Sept 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2026£1801
September 2026£3002
July 2025£3801
May 2025£4001
October 2023£3601
March 2023£3201
December 2022£2801
November 2022£2901
October 2022£4201
May 2022£3401
May 2021£4401
February 2021£3601

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Mortlach - 21 Year Old (2020 Special Release) at auction?

Mortlach - 21 Year Old (2020 Special Release) 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). It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 19% by auction activity among the 35,289 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Mortlach - 21 Year Old (2020 Special Release)?

The latest hammer price for Mortlach - 21 Year Old (2020 Special Release) at auction is £180. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £350, with a high of £440 and a low of £180. 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 Mortlach - 21 Year Old (2020 Special Release) changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Mortlach - 21 Year Old (2020 Special Release), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £180 to £440 (median £350).

Where can I sell Mortlach - 21 Year Old (2020 Special Release)?

Mortlach - 21 Year Old (2020 Special 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 £350 (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 Mortlach - 21 Year Old (2020 Special Release) a good investment?

Mortlach - 21 Year Old (2020 Special Release) has appeared in 13 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £350. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Mortlach - 21 Year Old (2020 Special 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 £180, 24-month median £350 — 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 Mortlach - 21 Year Old (2020 Special Release) that hammers at £180 would cost the buyer approximately £227 all-in including buyer's premium.

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