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Benromach / Speyside

BENROMACH 2012 Air Dried Oak

1.05× fair value NAS rating 4.8/5 · n=4
cheapest
€78.00
whisky.fr
intrinsic
€74.07
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1

Is it worth the price?

BENROMACH 2012 Air Dried Oak is a Speyside single malt Scotch from the Benromach distillery, released without an age statement. Tasters score it 4.8 out of 5 across 4 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €78.00, against a model fair price of around €74.07. That is 1.05× 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 €78.00

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
4.75 / 5
Age
No age statement
Region
Speyside
Distillery tier
Mid
Result
Predicted price
€74.07
Actual price (median)
€78.00
Multiple
1.05×
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 (NAS→5 × €1.20/year)
€6.92
Cask premium (undeclared)
+€0.00
× ABV factor
×1.10
Cost floor
€26.86

NAS treated as 5 years for maturation cost (paper convention).

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
    4.75/5 across 4 reviews
    1 / 3
Quality score
10 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.83
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€49.25
Actual price (median)
€78.00
Multiple
1.58×
Verdict band
mild premium

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.

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