Is it worth the price?
BALVENIE (The) 14 Years Old The Week of Peat is a Speyside single malt Scotch from the Balvenie distillery, bottled at 14 years old. Tasters score it 4.6 out of 5 across 21 reviews. It is tracked at 4 retailers, ranging from €89.95 to €118.50, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €132.52. That is 0.82× 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 9 Balvenie bottlings priced here, this is the strongest value.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| topdrinks | €89.95 |
| thewhiskyshop | €106.92 |
| whisky.fr | €109.90 |
| whiskylodge | €118.50 |
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
- 4.62 / 5
- Age
- 14yo
- Region
- Speyside
- Distillery tier
- Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
- Predicted price
- €132.52
- Actual price (median)
- €108.41
- Multiple
- 0.82×
- 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 (14 × €1.20/year)
- €27.33
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.21
- Cost floor
- €44.84
- Process distinctnesspartial estate barley / floor malting on site; partial floor malting; own cooperage; on-site coppersmith3 / 3
- Cask provenancecask type not declared on bottle; partial single-estate malt0 / 3
- Bottling integrity48.3% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed2 / 3
- OwnershipWilliam Grant & Sons (family corporate) — production-led corporate1 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1892 (134 years of operation)2 / 3
- Reputation4.619/5 across 21 reviews3 / 3
- Quality score
- 11 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.92
- Intrinsic value
- €85.93
- Actual price (median)
- €108.41
- Multiple
- 1.26×
- 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.
Other bottlings from Balvenie
- BALVENIE (The) 14 Years Old Caribbean Cask €82.51 · 0.84×
- BALVENIE (The) 12 Years Old Single Barrel First Fill €87.00 · 0.88×
- BALVENIE (The) 12 Years Old The Sweet Toast of American Oak €56.95 · 0.97×
- BALVENIE (The) 12 Years Old Double Wood €50.95 · 1.01×
- BALVENIE (The) 12 Years Old Doublewood Victo Nguai €69.90 · 1.04×
- BALVENIE (The) 16 Years Old French Oak Pineau Cask €204.00 · 1.21×