PORT CHARLOTTE 2013 SYC.01
Is it worth the price?
PORT CHARLOTTE 2013 SYC.01 is an Islay single malt Scotch from the Bruichladdich distillery, released without an age statement. Tasters score it 5.0 out of 5 across 1 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €120.00, against a model fair price of around €110.78. That is 1.08× the model estimate — almost exactly the quality-predicted price, with no meaningful brand premium. It is one of 9 Bruichladdich bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| whisky.fr | €120.00 |
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.
- Rating
- 5.00 / 5
- Age
- No age statement
- Region
- Islay
- Distillery tier
- Premium
- Predicted price
- €110.78
- Actual price (median)
- €120.00
- Multiple
- 1.08×
- 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 (€0.18/cl × 70 cl)
- €12.60
- Maturation (NAS→5 × €1.20/year)
- €6.92
- Cask premium (port)
- +€10.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.35
- Cost floor
- €39.85
NAS treated as 5 years for maturation cost (paper convention).
- Process distinctnesspartial estate barley / floor malting on site; barley provenance program; experimental cask program; closed 1995-20012 / 3
- Cask provenanceport; partial single-estate malt1 / 3
- Bottling integrity54.4% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed3 / 3
- OwnershipRémy Cointreau — independent or smaller group2 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1881 (145 years of operation); closed 1995-20012 / 3
- Reputation5.0/5 across 1 review1 / 3
- Quality score
- 11 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.92
- Intrinsic value
- €76.38
- Actual price (median)
- €120.00
- Multiple
- 1.57×
- Verdict band
- mild premium
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.
Other bottlings from Bruichladdich
- BRUICHLADDICH 2014 Islay Barley €74.90 · 0.72×
- BRUICHLADDICH 10 Years Old The Classic Laddie €56.50 · 0.74×
- PORT CHARLOTTE 2014 Islay Barley €79.90 · 0.77×
- BRUICHLADDICH 14 Years Old Yellow Submarine III €119.00 · 0.81×
- PORT CHARLOTTE 10 Years Old €57.95 · 0.83×
- BRUICHLADDICH 2011 The Organic €105.00 · 1.01×