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Auchentoshan / Lowland

AUCHENTOSHAN Three Wood

1.00× fair value NAS rating 4.5/5 · n=53
cheapest
€45.95
topdrinks
intrinsic
€58.11
N
3

Is it worth the price?

AUCHENTOSHAN Three Wood is a Lowland single malt Scotch from the Auchentoshan distillery, released without an age statement. Tasters score it 4.5 out of 5 across 53 reviews. It is tracked at 3 retailers, ranging from €45.95 to €69.56, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €58.11. That is 1.00× the model estimate — almost exactly the quality-predicted price, with no meaningful brand premium. It is one of 4 Auchentoshan bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
topdrinks €45.95
whisky.fr €57.90
thewhiskyshop €69.56

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
No age statement
Region
Lowland
Distillery tier
Budget
Result
Predicted price
€58.11
Actual price (median)
€57.90
Multiple
1.00×
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 (NAS→5 × €1.20/year)
€6.92
Cask premium (undeclared)
+€0.00
× ABV factor
×1.05
Cost floor
€20.50

NAS treated as 5 years for maturation cost (paper convention).

Quality grade (six 0–3 axes)
  • Process distinctness
    triple distillation (paper)
    1 / 3
  • Cask provenance
    cask type not declared on bottle
    0 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    43.0% ABV; chill-filtration not disclosed; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    1 / 3
  • Ownership
    Beam Suntory — production-led corporate
    1 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1823 (203 years of operation)
    3 / 3
  • Reputation
    4.4906/5 across 53 reviews
    1 / 3
Quality score
7 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.58
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€32.45
Actual price (median)
€57.90
Multiple
1.78×
Verdict band
mild premium

Maturation context

Lowland · rolling 12 months: 1,249 mm at Killermont Raingauge (8 km). Scotland E rolling 12-month rainfall1,703 mm, +40.50% vs 1995-2024 median.

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