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 €88.70. That is 0.84× the model estimate — almost exactly the quality-predicted price, with no meaningful brand premium. Of the 7 Ben Nevis bottlings priced here, this is the strongest value.
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.
- Rating
- 4.60 / 5
- Age
- No age statement
- Region
- Highland
- Distillery tier
- Mid
- Predicted price
- €88.70
- Actual price (median)
- €74.45
- Multiple
- 0.84×
- 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 (NAS→5 × €1.20/year)
- €6.92
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.10
- Cost floor
- €21.47
NAS treated as 5 years for maturation cost (paper convention).
- 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
- Reputation4.6/5 across 5 reviews1 / 3
- Quality score
- 8 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.67
- Intrinsic value
- €35.79
- Actual price (median)
- €74.45
- Multiple
- 2.08×
- Verdict band
- brand 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 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 10 Years Old €89.00 · 1.39×
- 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×