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Dalmore / Highland

DALMORE 1978 Amoroso Sherry Finesse

34.38× luxury premium NAS rating 5.0/5 · n=1
cheapest
€3,900.00
whisky.fr
intrinsic
€113.43
N
1

Is it worth the price?

DALMORE 1978 Amoroso Sherry Finesse is a Highland single malt Scotch from the Dalmore distillery, released without an age statement. Tasters score it 5.0 out of 5 across 1 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €3,900.00, against a model fair price of around €113.43. That is 34.38× the model estimate — a price driven far more by the label than by what the model can explain. Of the 12 Dalmore bottlings priced here, this is the weakest value.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
whisky.fr €3,900.00

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
5.00 / 5
Age
No age statement
Region
Highland
Distillery tier
Premium
Result
Predicted price
€113.43
Actual price (median)
€3,900.00
Multiple
34.38×
Verdict band
luxury premium (> 4.00×)

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 (€0.14/cl × 70 cl)
€9.80
Maturation (NAS→5 × €1.20/year)
€6.92
Cask premium (ex sherry)
+€8.00
× ABV factor
×1.10
Cost floor
€27.19

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

Quality grade (six 0–3 axes)
  • Process distinctness
    distinctive flat-top stills; extensive cask-finishing program
    1 / 3
  • Cask provenance
    ex sherry
    1 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    46.0% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    2 / 3
  • Ownership
    Whyte & Mackay (Emperador) — prestige-corporate
    0 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1839 (187 years of operation)
    3 / 3
  • Reputation
    5.0/5 across 1 review
    3 / 3
Quality score
10 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.83
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€49.85
Actual price (median)
€3,900.00
Multiple
78.23×
Verdict band
luxury premium

Maturation context

Highland · rolling 12 months: 650 mm at Urquhart (13 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,223 mm, +30.70% vs 1995-2024 median.

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