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Balvenie / Speyside

BALVENIE (The) 16 Years Old French Oak Pineau Cask

1.03× fair value 16yo rating 5.0/5 · n=1
cheapest
€183.60
whisky.fr
intrinsic
€179.01
N
1

Is it worth the price?

BALVENIE (The) 16 Years Old French Oak Pineau Cask is a Speyside single malt Scotch from the Balvenie distillery, bottled at 16 years old. Tasters score it 5.0 out of 5 across 1 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €183.60, against a model fair price of around €179.01. That is 1.03× the model estimate — almost exactly the quality-predicted price, with no meaningful brand premium. It is one of 8 Balvenie bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
whisky.fr €183.60

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
16yo
Region
Speyside
Distillery tier
Premium
Result
Predicted price
€179.01
Actual price (median)
€183.60
Multiple
1.03×
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 (16 × €1.20/year)
€33.86
Cask premium (undeclared)
+€0.00
× ABV factor
×1.10
Cost floor
€48.02
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
    47.6% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    2 / 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 1 review
    2 / 3
Quality score
10 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.83
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€88.04
Actual price (median)
€183.60
Multiple
2.09×
Verdict band
brand premium

Maturation context

Speyside · rolling 12 months: 765 mm at Aberlour (5 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,223 mm, +30.70% vs 1995-2024 median.

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