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Dalmore / Highland

DALMORE Cigar Malt Reserve

1.24× mild premium NAS rating 4.9/5 · n=39
cheapest
€140.00
whisky.fr
intrinsic
€112.55
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Is it worth the price?

DALMORE Cigar Malt Reserve is a Highland single malt Scotch from the Dalmore distillery, released without an age statement. Tasters score it 4.9 out of 5 across 39 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €140.00, against a model fair price of around €112.55. That is 1.24× the model estimate — a mild premium over the quality-predicted price. It is one of 12 Dalmore bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
whisky.fr €140.00

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
4.87 / 5
Age
No age statement
Region
Highland
Distillery tier
Premium
Result
Predicted price
€112.55
Actual price (median)
€140.00
Multiple
1.24×
Verdict band
mild premium (1.20× < … ≤ 2.00×)

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 (undeclared)
+€0.00
× ABV factor
×1.05
Cost floor
€17.56

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
    cask type not declared on bottle
    0 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    44.0% ABV; chill-filtration not disclosed; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    1 / 3
  • Ownership
    Whyte & Mackay (Emperador) — prestige-corporate
    0 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1839 (187 years of operation)
    3 / 3
  • Reputation
    4.8718/5 across 39 reviews
    3 / 3
Quality score
8 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.67
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€29.26
Actual price (median)
€140.00
Multiple
4.79×
Verdict band
luxury premium

The two models disagree sharply here. The deal-score regression learns from peer prices that age and brand command €112.55 (1.24× the listed price), while the cost-and-quality methodology floors the bottle at €29.26 (4.79×). The gap is the brand premium the market pays beyond what materials, maturation and bottling integrity alone can justify.

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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