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Benromach / Speyside

BENROMACH 12 Years Old Unpeated Sherry

0.96× fair value 12yo rating 4.0/5 · n=2
cheapest
€69.90
whisky.fr
intrinsic
€72.65
N
1

Is it worth the price?

BENROMACH 12 Years Old Unpeated Sherry is a Speyside single malt Scotch from the Benromach distillery, bottled at 12 years old. Tasters score it 4.0 out of 5 across 2 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €69.90, against a model fair price of around €72.65. That is 0.96× 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 Benromach bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
whisky.fr €69.90

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
4.00 / 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
€72.65
Actual price (median)
€69.90
Multiple
0.96×
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 (€0.25/cl × 70 cl)
€17.50
Maturation (12 × €1.20/year)
€21.64
Cask premium (ex sherry)
+€8.00
× ABV factor
×1.15
Cost floor
€54.22
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
    ex sherry
    1 / 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
    4.0/5 across 2 reviews
    1 / 3
Quality score
11 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.92
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€103.91
Actual price (median)
€69.90
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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