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Aberlour / Speyside

ABERLOUR 12 Years Old Double Cask Matured

0.68× hidden gem 12yo rating 4.8/5 · n=39
cheapest
€51.00
whisky.fr
intrinsic
€75.01
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1

Is it worth the price?

ABERLOUR 12 Years Old Double Cask Matured is a Speyside single malt Scotch from the Aberlour distillery, bottled at 12 years old. Tasters score it 4.8 out of 5 across 39 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €51.00, against a model fair price of around €75.01. That is 0.68× the model estimate — well below the quality-predicted price, and one of the clearer value picks in the data. It is one of 10 Aberlour bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
whisky.fr €51.00

How we got this number

The valuation model predicts a price from this bottling's inputs. The multiple is the actual market price divided by that prediction.

Inputs
Rating
4.77 / 5
Age
12yo
Region
Speyside
Distillery tier
Mid
Result
Predicted price
€75.01
Actual price (median)
€51.00
Multiple
0.68×
Verdict band
hidden gem (≤ 0.80×)

See the regression's coefficients →

Methodology estimate

The deterministic model from methodology.md: production cost per litre × bottle size, plus maturation cost per year, plus a cask premium, times an ABV factor — then multiplied by a quality grade summed across six 0–3 axes.

Cost floor
Production (€0.14/cl × 70 cl)
€9.80
Maturation (12 × €1.20/year)
€21.64
Cask premium (ex sherry)
+€8.00
× ABV factor
×1.00
Cost floor
€39.44
Quality grade (six 0–3 axes)
  • Process distinctness
    standard production line; no declared distinctive practices
    0 / 3
  • Cask provenance
    ex sherry
    1 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    40.0% ABV; chill-filtration not disclosed; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    0 / 3
  • Ownership
    Pernod Ricard / Chivas Brothers — production-led corporate
    1 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1879 (147 years of operation)
    2 / 3
  • Reputation
    4.7692/5 across 39 reviews
    2 / 3
Quality score
6 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.50
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€59.17
Actual price (median)
€51.00
Multiple
0.86×
Verdict band
fair value

Maturation context

Speyside · rolling 12 months: 765 mm at Aberlour (2 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,223 mm, +30.70% vs 1995-2024 median.

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