CRAIGELLACHIE 23 Years Old
Is it worth the price?
CRAIGELLACHIE 23 Years Old is a Speyside single malt Scotch from the Craigellachie distillery, bottled at 23 years old. Tasters score it 5.0 out of 5 across 1 reviews. It is tracked at 3 retailers, ranging from €298.00 to €469.55, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €346.10. That is 0.87× the model estimate — almost exactly the quality-predicted price, with no meaningful brand premium. Of the 4 Craigellachie bottlings priced here, this is the weakest value.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| whisky.fr | €298.00 |
| topdrinks | €299.95 |
| thewhiskyshop | €469.55 |
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
- 23yo
- Region
- Speyside
- Distillery tier
- Premium
- Predicted price
- €346.10
- Actual price (median)
- €299.95
- Multiple
- 0.87×
- 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 (€0.14/cl × 70 cl)
- €9.80
- Maturation (23 × €1.20/year)
- €65.30
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.10
- Cost floor
- €82.61
- Process distinctnessno declared distinctive practices2 / 3
- Cask provenancecask type not declared on bottle0 / 3
- Bottling integrity46.0% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed2 / 3
- OwnershipBacardi / John Dewar & Sons — independent or smaller group2 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1891 (135 years of operation)2 / 3
- Reputation5.0/5 across 1 review3 / 3
- Quality score
- 11 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.92
- Intrinsic value
- €158.33
- Actual price (median)
- €299.95
- Multiple
- 1.89×
- Verdict band
- mild premium
Maturation context
Speyside · rolling 12 months: 765 mm at Aberlour (2 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,223 mm, +30.70% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Craigellachie
- CRAIGELLACHIE 13 Years Old €50.95 · 0.46×
- CRAIGELLACHIE 13 Years Old Bas-Armagnac Cask €64.90 · 0.53×
- CRAIGELLACHIE 17 Years Old €110.95 · 0.64×