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 €108.94. That is 35.80× the model estimate — a price driven far more by the label than by what the model can explain. 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. Of the 13 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.
- Rating
- 5.00 / 5
- Age
- No age statement
- Region
- Highland
- Distillery tier
- Premium Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
- Predicted price
- €108.94
- Actual price (median)
- €3,900.00
- Multiple
- 35.80×
- Verdict band
- luxury premium (> 4.00×)
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 (NAS→5 × €1.20/year)
- €6.92
- Cask premium (ex sherry)
- +€8.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.15
- Cost floor
- €28.43
NAS treated as 5 years for maturation cost (paper convention).
- Process distinctnessdistinctive flat-top stills; extensive cask-finishing program1 / 3
- Cask provenanceex sherry1 / 3
- Bottling integrity46.0% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed2 / 3
- OwnershipWhyte & Mackay (Emperador) — prestige-corporate0 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1839 (187 years of operation)3 / 3
- Reputation5.0/5 across 1 review3 / 3
- Quality score
- 10 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.83
- Intrinsic value
- €52.12
- Actual price (median)
- €3,900.00
- Multiple
- 74.83×
- Verdict band
- luxury premium
Maturation context
Highland · rolling 12 months: 663 mm at Urquhart (13 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,298 mm, +33.30% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Dalmore
- DALMORE 2010 Vintage Edition 2025 €175.00 · 0.77×
- DALMORE 2009 Vintage Édition 2024 €175.00 · 0.78×
- DALMORE Port Wood Reserve €77.95 · 0.78×
- DALMORE 12 Years Old €58.40 · 0.90×
- DALMORE 12 Years Old Sherry Cask Select €99.90 · 0.96×
- DALMORE 15 Years Old €96.20 · 1.00×