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BRUICHLADDICH 10 Years Old The Classic Laddie

0.74× hidden gem 10yo rating 4.0/5 · n=1
cheapest
€56.50
whisky.fr
intrinsic
€76.64
N
1

Is it worth the price?

BRUICHLADDICH 10 Years Old The Classic Laddie is an Islay single malt Scotch from the Bruichladdich distillery, bottled at 10 years old. Tasters score it 4.0 out of 5 across 1 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €56.50, against a model fair price of around €76.64. That is 0.74× the model estimate — well below the quality-predicted price, and one of the clearer value picks in the data. It is one of 9 Bruichladdich bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
whisky.fr €56.50

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
10yo
Region
Islay
Distillery tier
Premium
Result
Predicted price
€76.64
Actual price (median)
€56.50
Multiple
0.74×
Verdict band
hidden gem (≤ 0.80×)

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 (10 × €1.20/year)
€16.69
Cask premium (undeclared)
+€0.00
× ABV factor
×1.35
Cost floor
€39.54
Quality grade (six 0–3 axes)
  • Process distinctness
    partial estate barley / floor malting on site; barley provenance program; experimental cask program; closed 1995-2001
    2 / 3
  • Cask provenance
    cask type not declared on bottle; partial single-estate malt
    0 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    50.0% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    3 / 3
  • Ownership
    Rémy Cointreau — independent or smaller group
    2 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1881 (145 years of operation); closed 1995-2001
    2 / 3
  • Reputation
    4.0/5 across 1 review
    1 / 3
Quality score
10 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.83
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€72.49
Actual price (median)
€56.50
Multiple
0.78×
Verdict band
hidden gem

Maturation context

Islay · rolling 12 months: 1,867 mm at Dippen (58 km). Scotland W rolling 12-month rainfall2,524 mm, +43.70% vs 1995-2024 median.

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