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 3.0 out of 5 across 1 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €69.90, against a model fair price of around €67.38. That is 1.04× the model estimate — almost exactly the quality-predicted price, with no meaningful brand premium. 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.
- Rating
- 3.00 / 5
- Age
- 12yo
- Region
- Speyside
- Distillery tier
- Mid
- Predicted price
- €67.38
- Actual price (median)
- €69.90
- Multiple
- 1.04×
- 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 (€0.25/cl × 70 cl)
- €17.50
- Maturation (12 × €1.20/year)
- €21.64
- Cask premium (ex sherry)
- +€8.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.10
- Cost floor
- €51.86
- Process distinctnesssmall post-1998 reboot; classic G&M production; organic line; closed 1983-19982 / 3
- Cask provenanceex sherry1 / 3
- Bottling integrity46.0% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed2 / 3
- OwnershipGordon & MacPhail (Urquhart family) — family multigenerational3 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1898 (128 years of operation); closed 1983-19982 / 3
- Reputation3.0/5 across 1 review1 / 3
- Quality score
- 11 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.92
- Intrinsic value
- €99.39
- Actual price (median)
- €69.90
- Multiple
- 0.70×
- Verdict band
- hidden gem
Maturation context
Speyside · rolling 12 months: 611 mm at Wardend Bridge (4 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,223 mm, +30.70% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Benromach
- BENROMACH 15 Years Old €75.35 · 0.89×
- BENROMACH Peat Smoke €57.97 · 0.93×
- BENROMACH 10 Years Old €51.95 · 1.04×
- BENROMACH 2012 Air Dried Oak €78.00 · 1.05×
- BENROMACH 2011 Château Cissac €78.00 · 1.10×
- BENROMACH 2014 Vintage Cask Strength Batch 3 €89.90 · 1.20×