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AnCnoc / Speyside

AN CNOC 12 Years Old

0.99× fair value 12yo rating 4.5/5 · n=53
cheapest
€49.00
whiskylodge
intrinsic
€52.31
N
2

Is it worth the price?

AN CNOC 12 Years Old is a Speyside single malt Scotch from the AnCnoc distillery, bottled at 12 years old. Tasters score it 4.5 out of 5 across 53 reviews. It is tracked at 2 retailers, ranging from €49.00 to €54.90, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €52.31. That is 0.99× the model estimate — almost exactly what its age, strength and house predict, with no meaningful brand premium. The estimate is fitted on age, bottling strength and the distillery's other prices; community ratings add no measurable signal to it, so this is not a quality judgement. Typical error is around ±65%, so read the verdict as indicative and trust it most at the extremes. Of the 4 AnCnoc bottlings priced here, this is the strongest value.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
whiskylodge €49.00
whisky.fr €54.90

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
4.49 / 5
Age
12yo
Region
Speyside
Distillery tier
Budget Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
Result
Predicted price
€52.31
Actual price (median)
€51.95
Multiple
0.99×
Verdict band
fair value (0.80× < … ≤ 1.20×)

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 (€0.18/cl × 70 cl)
€12.60
Maturation (12 × €1.20/year)
€21.64
Cask premium (undeclared)
+€0.00
× ABV factor
×1.00
Cost floor
€34.24
Quality grade (six 0–3 axes)
  • Process distinctness
    worm tub condensers; on-site dunnage warehouses; Oregon pine washbacks; 45-65h fermentation; double distilled; crew of 8; Knockdhu distillery, bottled as anCnoc; mothballed 1983-1989
    2 / 3
  • Cask provenance
    cask type not declared on bottle
    0 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    40.0% ABV; chill-filtration not disclosed; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    0 / 3
  • Ownership
    Inver House Distillers (Thai Beverage) — independent or smaller group
    2 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1894 (132 years of operation); mothballed 1983-1989
    2 / 3
  • Reputation
    4.4906/5 across 53 reviews
    0 / 3
Quality score
6 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.50
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€51.37
Actual price (median)
€51.95
Multiple
1.01×
Verdict band
fair value

Maturation context

Speyside · rolling 12 months: 850 mm at Avochie (7 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,298 mm, +33.30% vs 1995-2024 median.

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