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Balvenie / Speyside

BALVENIE (The) 14 Years Old Caribbean Cask

0.84× fair value 14yo rating 5.0/5 · n=3
cheapest
€82.51
thewhiskyshop
intrinsic
€106.96
N
5

Is it worth the price?

BALVENIE (The) 14 Years Old Caribbean Cask is a Speyside single malt Scotch from the Balvenie distillery, bottled at 14 years old. Tasters score it 5.0 out of 5 across 3 reviews. It is tracked at 5 retailers, ranging from €82.51 to €91.95, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €106.96. That is 0.84× 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. It is one of 9 Balvenie bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
thewhiskyshop €82.51
whiskylodge €89.50
inverurie €89.89
whisky.fr €89.90
topdrinks €91.95

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
5.00 / 5
Age
14yo
Region
Speyside
Distillery tier
Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
Result
Predicted price
€106.96
Actual price (median)
€89.89
Multiple
0.84×
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 (€0.14/cl × 70 cl)
€9.80
Maturation (14 × €1.20/year)
€27.33
Cask premium (undeclared)
+€0.00
× ABV factor
×1.08
Cost floor
€39.92
Quality grade (six 0–3 axes)
  • Process distinctness
    partial estate barley / floor malting on site; partial floor malting; own cooperage; on-site coppersmith
    3 / 3
  • Cask provenance
    cask type not declared on bottle; partial single-estate malt
    0 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    43.0% ABV; chill-filtration not disclosed; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    1 / 3
  • Ownership
    William Grant & Sons (family corporate) — production-led corporate
    1 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1892 (134 years of operation)
    2 / 3
  • Reputation
    5.0/5 across 3 reviews
    3 / 3
Quality score
10 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.83
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€73.18
Actual price (median)
€89.89
Multiple
1.23×
Verdict band
mild premium

Maturation context

Speyside · rolling 12 months: 799 mm at Aberlour (5 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,298 mm, +33.30% vs 1995-2024 median.

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