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Edradour / Highland

BALLECHIN 10 Years Old

1.19× fair value 10yo rating 4.6/5 · n=13
cheapest
€45.50
topdrinks
intrinsic
€54.70
N
3

Is it worth the price?

BALLECHIN 10 Years Old is a Highland single malt Scotch from the Edradour distillery, bottled at 10 years old. Tasters score it 4.6 out of 5 across 13 reviews. It is tracked at 3 retailers, ranging from €45.50 to €73.22, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €54.70. That is 1.19× the model estimate — almost exactly what its age, strength and house predict, with no meaningful brand premium. 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. It is one of 6 Edradour bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
topdrinks €45.50
whisky.fr €64.90
thewhiskyshop €73.22

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
4.62 / 5
Age
10yo
Region
Highland
Distillery tier
Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
Result
Predicted price
€54.70
Actual price (median)
€64.90
Multiple
1.19×
Verdict band
fair value (0.80× < … ≤ 1.20×)

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 (€0.40/cl × 70 cl)
€28.00
Maturation (10 × €1.20/year)
€16.69
Cask premium (undeclared)
+€0.00
× ABV factor
×1.15
Cost floor
€51.39
Quality grade (six 0–3 axes)
  • Process distinctness
    tiny operation; classic methods
    2 / 3
  • Cask provenance
    cask type not declared on bottle
    0 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    46.0% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    2 / 3
  • Ownership
    Signatory Vintage (Andrew Symington) — independent or smaller group
    2 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1825 (201 years of operation)
    3 / 3
  • Reputation
    4.6154/5 across 13 reviews
    1 / 3
Quality score
10 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.83
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€94.22
Actual price (median)
€64.90
Multiple
0.69×
Verdict band
hidden gem

Maturation context

Highland · rolling 12 months: 1,280 mm at Kindrogan (11 km). Scotland E rolling 12-month rainfall1,667 mm, +37.40% vs 1995-2024 median.

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