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Bowmore / Islay

BOWMORE 12 Years Old Sherry Oak Cask

0.93× fair value 12yo rating 4.8/5 · n=6
cheapest
€60.35
topdrinks
intrinsic
€77.41
N
3

Is it worth the price?

BOWMORE 12 Years Old Sherry Oak Cask is an Islay single malt Scotch from the Bowmore distillery, bottled at 12 years old. Tasters score it 4.8 out of 5 across 6 reviews. It is tracked at 3 retailers, ranging from €60.35 to €74.00, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €77.41. That is 0.93× 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 5 Bowmore bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
topdrinks €60.35
thewhiskyshop €72.06
whisky.fr €74.00

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
4.83 / 5
Age
12yo
Region
Islay
Distillery tier
Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
Result
Predicted price
€77.41
Actual price (median)
€72.06
Multiple
0.93×
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 (€0.18/cl × 70 cl)
€12.60
Maturation (12 × €1.20/year)
€21.64
Cask premium (ex sherry)
+€8.00
× ABV factor
×1.00
Cost floor
€42.24
Quality grade (six 0–3 axes)
  • Process distinctness
    partial estate barley / floor malting on site; partial floor malting; sea-warehouse maturation
    2 / 3
  • Cask provenance
    ex sherry; partial single-estate malt
    1 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    40.0% ABV; chill-filtration not disclosed; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    0 / 3
  • Ownership
    Beam Suntory — production-led corporate
    1 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1779 (247 years of operation)
    3 / 3
  • Reputation
    4.8333/5 across 6 reviews
    2 / 3
Quality score
9 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.75
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€73.93
Actual price (median)
€72.06
Multiple
0.98×
Verdict band
fair value

Maturation context

Islay · rolling 12 months: 1,849 mm at Dippen (53 km). Scotland W rolling 12-month rainfall2,451 mm, +33.70% vs 1995-2024 median.

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