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 €64.08. That is 1.39× the model estimate — a mild premium over the quality-predicted price. It is one of 7 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
- Mid
- Predicted price
- €64.08
- Actual price (median)
- €89.00
- Multiple
- 1.39×
- Verdict band
- mild premium (1.20× < … ≤ 2.00×)
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 reviews1 / 3
- Quality score
- 8 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.67
- Intrinsic value
- €53.70
- Actual price (median)
- €89.00
- Multiple
- 1.66×
- Verdict band
- mild premium
Maturation context
Highland · rolling 12 months: 2,267 mm at Glen Nevis (4 km). Scotland W rolling 12-month rainfall2,543 mm, +39.90% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Ben Nevis
- BEN NEVIS Coire Leis €69.00 · 0.84×
- BEN NEVIS 10 Years Old 2014 100 Proof #63 €63.90 · 1.00×
- BEN NEVIS 2017 Wine Casks Orange Wine 1st Fill €89.00 · 1.01×
- BEN NEVIS 9 Years Old 2016 Montravel The Un-Chillfiltered €59.90 · 1.14×
- BEN NEVIS 8 Years Old Douglas Laing €79.90 · 1.86×
- BEN NEVIS 7 Years Old 2017 Artist Collective 7.0 €89.90 · 2.59×