Is it worth the price?
BENROMACH 15 Years Old is a Speyside single malt Scotch from the Benromach distillery, bottled at 15 years old. Tasters score it 4.7 out of 5 across 3 reviews. It is tracked at 3 retailers, ranging from €92.96 to €104.60, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €94.61. That is 1.05× 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 |
|---|---|
| inverurie | €92.96 |
| whisky.fr | €99.00 |
| thewhiskyshop | €104.60 |
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
- 4.67 / 5
- Age
- 15yo
- Region
- Speyside
- Distillery tier
- Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
- Predicted price
- €94.61
- Actual price (median)
- €99.00
- Multiple
- 1.05×
- 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 (15 × €1.20/year)
- €30.48
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.08
- Cost floor
- €51.58
- Process distinctnesssmall post-1998 reboot; classic G&M production; organic line; closed 1983-19982 / 3
- Cask provenancecask type not declared on bottle0 / 3
- Bottling integrity43.0% ABV; chill-filtration not disclosed; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed1 / 3
- OwnershipGordon & MacPhail (Urquhart family) — family multigenerational3 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1898 (128 years of operation); closed 1983-19982 / 3
- Reputation4.6667/5 across 3 reviews1 / 3
- Quality score
- 9 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.75
- Intrinsic value
- €90.27
- Actual price (median)
- €99.00
- Multiple
- 1.10×
- Verdict band
- fair value
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.
Other bottlings from Benromach
- BENROMACH 12 Years Old €54.90 · 0.73×
- BENROMACH 16 Years Old 2009 1st Fill Super Toscan Itinéraires €192.00 · 0.87×
- BENROMACH 12 Years Old Unpeated Sherry €69.90 · 0.96×
- BENROMACH Peat Smoke €58.11 · 0.98×
- BENROMACH 10 Years Old €43.25 · 1.22×
- BENROMACH 2011 Château Cissac €78.00 · 1.24×