Is it worth the price?
BEN NEVIS 10 Years Old is a Highland single malt Scotch from the Ben Nevis distillery, bottled at 10 years old. Tasters score it 4.7 out of 5 across 20 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €89.00, against a model fair price of around €81.88. That is 1.09× the model estimate — almost exactly the quality-predicted price, with no meaningful brand premium. It is one of 5 Ben Nevis bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| whisky.fr | €89.00 |
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
- 4.70 / 5
- Age
- 10yo
- Region
- Highland
- Distillery tier
- Premium
- Predicted price
- €81.88
- Actual price (median)
- €89.00
- Multiple
- 1.09×
- 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 (10 × €1.20/year)
- €16.69
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.10
- Cost floor
- €32.22
- Process distinctnessunusually large stills; classic Highland production1 / 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
- OwnershipNikka Whisky / Asahi — production-led corporate1 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1825 (201 years of operation)3 / 3
- Reputation4.7/5 across 20 reviews2 / 3
- Quality score
- 9 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.75
- Intrinsic value
- €56.38
- Actual price (median)
- €89.00
- Multiple
- 1.58×
- Verdict band
- mild premium
Maturation context
Highland · rolling 12 months: 2,292 mm at Glen Nevis (4 km). Scotland W rolling 12-month rainfall2,524 mm, +43.70% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Ben Nevis
- BEN NEVIS Coire Leis €72.00 · 0.69×
- BEN NEVIS 10 Years Old 2014 100 Proof #63 €63.90 · 0.77×
- BEN NEVIS 2017 Wine Casks Orange Wine 1st Fill €89.00 · 0.83×
- BEN NEVIS 7 Years Old 2017 Artist Collective 7.0 €89.90 · 1.98×