Is it worth the price?
BALMENACH 17 Years Old 2008 Itinéraires Murray McDavid is a Speyside single malt Scotch from the Balmenach distillery, bottled at 17 years old. Tasters score it 5.0 out of 5 across 1 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €165.00, against a model fair price of around €146.84. That is 1.12× 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 2 Balmenach bottlings priced here, this is the weakest value.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| whisky.fr | €165.00 |
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
- 5.00 / 5
- Age
- 17yo
- Region
- Speyside
- Distillery tier
- Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
- Predicted price
- €146.84
- Actual price (median)
- €165.00
- Multiple
- 1.12×
- 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 (€0.18/cl × 70 cl)
- €12.60
- Maturation (17 × €1.20/year)
- €37.48
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.36
- Cost floor
- €68.23
- Process distinctnessworm tub condensers; on-site dunnage warehouses; Douglas fir washbacks; 7h mash cycle; 54h fermentation; six pot stills; wide cut 72-58% ABV; licensed 1824 under the Excise Act; mothballed 1993-19972 / 3
- Cask provenancecask type not declared on bottle0 / 3
- Bottling integrity54.5% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed3 / 3
- OwnershipInver House Distillers (International Beverage / ThaiBev) — independent or smaller group2 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1824 (202 years of operation); mothballed 1993-19972 / 3
- Reputation5.0/5 across 1 review0 / 3
- Quality score
- 9 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.75
- Intrinsic value
- €119.40
- Actual price (median)
- €165.00
- Multiple
- 1.38×
- Verdict band
- mild premium
Maturation context
Speyside · rolling 12 months: 749 mm at Tulchan (10 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,298 mm, +33.30% vs 1995-2024 median.