Is it worth the price?
BALLECHIN 12 Years Old 2012 1st Fill Oloroso Butt Cask Strength Collection Itinéraires is a Highland single malt Scotch from the Edradour distillery, bottled at 12 years old. Tasters score it 5.0 out of 5 across 2 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €139.00, against a model fair price of around €114.75. That is 1.21× the model estimate — a mild premium over the quality-predicted price. Of the 5 Edradour bottlings priced here, this is the weakest value.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| whisky.fr | €139.00 |
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
- 12yo
- Region
- Highland
- Distillery tier
- Premium
- Predicted price
- €114.75
- Actual price (median)
- €139.00
- Multiple
- 1.21×
- Verdict band
- mild premium (1.20× < … ≤ 2.00×)
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 (€0.40/cl × 70 cl)
- €28.00
- Maturation (12 × €1.20/year)
- €21.64
- Cask premium (first fill sherry)
- +€12.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.35
- Cost floor
- €83.22
- Process distinctnesstiny operation; classic methods2 / 3
- Cask provenancefirst fill sherry2 / 3
- Bottling integrity57.3% ABV; cask strength (declared); E150a caramel colouring not disclosed3 / 3
- OwnershipSignatory Vintage (Andrew Symington) — independent or smaller group2 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1825 (201 years of operation)3 / 3
- Reputation5.0/5 across 2 reviews2 / 3
- Quality score
- 14 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×2.17
- Intrinsic value
- €180.31
- Actual price (median)
- €139.00
- Multiple
- 0.77×
- Verdict band
- hidden gem
Maturation context
Highland · rolling 12 months: 1,357 mm at Kindrogan (11 km). Scotland E rolling 12-month rainfall1,703 mm, +40.50% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Edradour
- EDRADOUR 13 Years Old 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Michael Eppan €89.90 · 0.68×
- EDRADOUR 10 Years Old €44.95 · 0.69×
- EDRADOUR 12 Years Old Caledonia €67.25 · 0.74×
- BALLECHIN 10 Years Old €45.50 · 0.80×