Is it worth the price?
BALBLAIR 12 Years Old is a Highland single malt Scotch from the Balblair distillery, bottled at 12 years old. Tasters score it 4.6 out of 5 across 28 reviews. It is tracked at 4 retailers, ranging from €45.55 to €69.90, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €107.96. That is 0.61× the model estimate — well below what its age, strength and house predict, and one of the clearer value picks in the data. 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 Balblair bottlings priced here, this is the strongest value.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| topdrinks | €45.55 |
| thewhiskyshop | €65.08 |
| whiskylodge | €67.00 |
| whisky.fr | €69.90 |
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.
- Rating
- 4.64 / 5
- Age
- 12yo
- Region
- Highland
- Distillery tier
- Premium Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
- Predicted price
- €107.96
- Actual price (median)
- €66.04
- Multiple
- 0.61×
- Verdict band
- hidden gem (≤ 0.80×)
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 (€0.18/cl × 70 cl)
- €12.60
- Maturation (12 × €1.20/year)
- €21.64
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.15
- Cost floor
- €39.38
- Process distinctnessno declared distinctive practices2 / 3
- Cask provenancecask type not declared on bottle0 / 3
- Bottling integrity46.0% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed2 / 3
- OwnershipInver House Distillers (Thai Beverage) — independent or smaller group2 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1790 (236 years of operation)3 / 3
- Reputation4.6429/5 across 28 reviews1 / 3
- Quality score
- 10 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.83
- Intrinsic value
- €72.20
- Actual price (median)
- €66.04
- Multiple
- 0.92×
- Verdict band
- fair value
Maturation context
Highland · rolling 12 months: 759 mm at Milton of Evelix TBR (8 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,298 mm, +33.30% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Balblair
- BALBLAIR 15 Years Old €94.14 · 0.65×
- BALBLAIR 18 Years Old €141.50 · 0.69×
- BALBLAIR 21 Years Old €347.49 · 1.25×