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Ben Nevis / Highland

BEN NEVIS 2017 Wine Casks Orange Wine 1st Fill

0.83× fair value NAS rating 4.0/5 · n=1
cheapest
€89.00
whisky.fr
intrinsic
€106.76
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1

Is it worth the price?

BEN NEVIS 2017 Wine Casks Orange Wine 1st Fill is a Highland single malt Scotch from the Ben Nevis distillery, released without an age statement. Tasters score it 4.0 out of 5 across 1 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €89.00, against a model fair price of around €106.76. That is 0.83× 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.

Inputs
Rating
4.00 / 5
Age
No age statement
Region
Highland
Distillery tier
Premium
Result
Predicted price
€106.76
Actual price (median)
€89.00
Multiple
0.83×
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 (€0.18/cl × 70 cl)
€12.60
Maturation (NAS→5 × €1.20/year)
€6.92
Cask premium (wine)
+€10.00
× ABV factor
×1.10
Cost floor
€32.47

NAS treated as 5 years for maturation cost (paper convention).

Quality grade (six 0–3 axes)
  • Process distinctness
    unusually large stills; classic Highland production
    1 / 3
  • Cask provenance
    wine
    2 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    46.0% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    2 / 3
  • Ownership
    Nikka Whisky / Asahi — production-led corporate
    1 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1825 (201 years of operation)
    3 / 3
  • Reputation
    4.0/5 across 1 review
    2 / 3
Quality score
11 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.92
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€62.24
Actual price (median)
€89.00
Multiple
1.43×
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.

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