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Aberlour / Speyside

ABERLOUR GLENLIVET 8 Years Old

13.01× luxury premium 8yo rating 5.0/5 · n=1
cheapest
€490.00
whisky.fr
intrinsic
€37.66
N
1

Is it worth the price?

ABERLOUR GLENLIVET 8 Years Old is a Speyside single malt Scotch from the Aberlour distillery, bottled at 8 years old. Tasters score it 5.0 out of 5 across 1 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €490.00, against a model fair price of around €37.66. That is 13.01× the model estimate — a price driven far more by the label than by what the model can explain. Of the 10 Aberlour bottlings priced here, this is the weakest value.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
whisky.fr €490.00

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
5.00 / 5
Age
8yo
Region
Speyside
Distillery tier
Mid
Result
Predicted price
€37.66
Actual price (median)
€490.00
Multiple
13.01×
Verdict band
luxury premium (> 4.00×)

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 (8 × €1.20/year)
€12.37
Cask premium (undeclared)
+€0.00
× ABV factor
×1.35
Cost floor
€29.93
Quality grade (six 0–3 axes)
  • Process distinctness
    standard production line; no declared distinctive practices
    0 / 3
  • Cask provenance
    cask type not declared on bottle
    0 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    50.0% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    3 / 3
  • Ownership
    Pernod Ricard / Chivas Brothers — production-led corporate
    1 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1879 (147 years of operation)
    2 / 3
  • Reputation
    5.0/5 across 1 review
    2 / 3
Quality score
8 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.67
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€49.89
Actual price (median)
€490.00
Multiple
9.82×
Verdict band
luxury premium

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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