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Benromach / Speyside

BENROMACH 12 Years Old

0.73× hidden gem 12yo rating 5.0/5 · n=1
cheapest
€54.90
whisky.fr
intrinsic
€75.70
N
1

Is it worth the price?

BENROMACH 12 Years Old is a Speyside single malt Scotch from the Benromach distillery, bottled at 12 years old. Tasters score it 5.0 out of 5 across 1 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €54.90, against a model fair price of around €75.70. That is 0.73× the model estimate — well below what its age, strength and house predict, and one of the clearer value picks in the data. 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. Of the 7 Benromach bottlings priced here, this is the strongest value.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
whisky.fr €54.90

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
5.00 / 5
Age
12yo
Region
Speyside
Distillery tier
Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
Result
Predicted price
€75.70
Actual price (median)
€54.90
Multiple
0.73×
Verdict band
hidden gem (≤ 0.80×)

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 (€0.25/cl × 70 cl)
€17.50
Maturation (12 × €1.20/year)
€21.64
Cask premium (undeclared)
+€0.00
× ABV factor
×1.15
Cost floor
€45.02
Quality grade (six 0–3 axes)
  • Process distinctness
    small post-1998 reboot; classic G&M production; organic line; closed 1983-1998
    2 / 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
    Gordon & MacPhail (Urquhart family) — family multigenerational
    3 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1898 (128 years of operation); closed 1983-1998
    2 / 3
  • Reputation
    5.0/5 across 1 review
    1 / 3
Quality score
10 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.83
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€82.53
Actual price (median)
€54.90
Multiple
0.67×
Verdict band
hidden gem

Maturation context

Speyside · rolling 12 months: 631 mm at Wardend Bridge (4 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,298 mm, +33.30% vs 1995-2024 median.

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