silkywhisky
Deanston / Highland

DEANSTON Virgin Oak

0.75× hidden gem NAS rating 4.7/5 · n=19
cheapest
€25.60
topdrinks
intrinsic
€57.50
N
4

Is it worth the price?

DEANSTON Virgin Oak is a Highland single malt Scotch from the Deanston distillery, released without an age statement. Tasters score it 4.7 out of 5 across 19 reviews. It is tracked at 4 retailers, ranging from €25.60 to €56.95, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €57.50. That is 0.75× the model estimate — well below what its age, strength and house predict, and one of the clearer value picks in the data. 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 2 Deanston bottlings priced here, this is the strongest value.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
topdrinks €25.60
whisky.fr €38.90
inverurie €47.07
thewhiskyshop €56.95

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
4.68 / 5
Age
No age statement
Region
Highland
Distillery tier
Budget Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
Result
Predicted price
€57.50
Actual price (median)
€42.99
Multiple
0.75×
Verdict band
hidden gem (≤ 0.80×)

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 (virgin oak)
+€5.00
× ABV factor
×1.16
Cost floor
€25.14

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

Quality grade (six 0–3 axes)
  • Process distinctness
    no declared distinctive practices
    2 / 3
  • Cask provenance
    virgin oak
    1 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    46.3% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    2 / 3
  • Ownership
    Distell (Heineken) — independent or smaller group
    2 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1965 (61 years of operation)
    2 / 3
  • Reputation
    4.6842/5 across 19 reviews
    2 / 3
Quality score
11 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.92
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€48.19
Actual price (median)
€42.99
Multiple
0.89×
Verdict band
fair value

Maturation context

Highland · rolling 12 months: 1,139 mm at Deanston RG (1 km). Scotland E rolling 12-month rainfall1,667 mm, +37.40% vs 1995-2024 median.

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