Is it worth the price?
Aultmore 12 Years Old is a Speyside single malt Scotch from the Aultmore distillery, bottled at 12 years old. Tasters score it 4.1 out of 5 across 100 reviews. It is tracked at 2 retailers, ranging from €58.11 to €62.00, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €70.92. That is 0.85× 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.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| thewhiskyshop | €58.11 |
| whiskylodge | €62.00 |
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.
- Rating
- 4.12 / 5
- Age
- 12yo
- Region
- Speyside
- Distillery tier
- Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
- Predicted price
- €70.92
- Actual price (median)
- €60.06
- Multiple
- 0.85×
- Verdict band
- fair value (0.80× < … ≤ 1.20×)
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.
- Production (€0.14/cl × 70 cl)
- €9.80
- Maturation (12 × €1.20/year)
- €21.64
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.00
- Cost floor
- €31.44
- Process distinctnessone of Dewar's Last Great Malts; expanded to 6M LPA in 20242 / 3
- Cask provenancecask type not declared on bottle0 / 3
- Bottling integrityABV not declared; chill-filtration not disclosed; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed0 / 3
- OwnershipBacardi / John Dewar & Sons — independent or smaller group2 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1896 (130 years of operation)2 / 3
- Reputation4.12/5 across 100 reviews0 / 3
- Quality score
- 6 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.50
- Intrinsic value
- €47.17
- Actual price (median)
- €60.06
- Multiple
- 1.27×
- Verdict band
- mild premium
Maturation context
Speyside · rolling 12 months: 870 mm at Keith (4 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,298 mm, +33.30% vs 1995-2024 median.