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Ben Nevis / Highland

BEN NEVIS Coire Leis

1.01× fair value NAS rating 4.6/5 · n=5
cheapest
€69.00
whiskylodge
intrinsic
€74.02
N
2

Is it worth the price?

BEN NEVIS Coire Leis is a Highland single malt Scotch from the Ben Nevis distillery, released without an age statement. Tasters score it 4.6 out of 5 across 5 reviews. It is tracked at 2 retailers, ranging from €69.00 to €79.90, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €74.02. That is 1.01× 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. It is one of 7 Ben Nevis bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
whiskylodge €69.00
whisky.fr €79.90

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
4.60 / 5
Age
No age statement
Region
Highland
Distillery tier
Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
Result
Predicted price
€74.02
Actual price (median)
€74.45
Multiple
1.01×
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 (undeclared)
+€0.00
× ABV factor
×1.15
Cost floor
€22.45

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
    cask type not declared on bottle
    0 / 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
    4.6/5 across 5 reviews
    1 / 3
Quality score
8 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.67
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€37.41
Actual price (median)
€74.45
Multiple
1.99×
Verdict band
mild premium

Maturation context

Highland · rolling 12 months: 2,302 mm at Glen Nevis (4 km). Scotland W rolling 12-month rainfall2,451 mm, +33.70% vs 1995-2024 median.

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