FETTERCAIRN 12 Years Old
Is it worth the price?
FETTERCAIRN 12 Years Old is a Highland single malt Scotch from the Fettercairn distillery, bottled at 12 years old. Tasters score it 4.6 out of 5 across 51 reviews. It is tracked at 3 retailers, ranging from €44.90 to €61.60, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €62.22. That is 0.96× 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. Of the 3 Fettercairn bottlings priced here, this is the weakest value.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| topdrinks | €44.90 |
| whisky.fr | €59.90 |
| thewhiskyshop | €61.60 |
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
- 4.59 / 5
- Age
- 12yo
- Region
- Highland
- Distillery tier
- Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
- Predicted price
- €62.22
- Actual price (median)
- €59.90
- Multiple
- 0.96×
- Verdict band
- fair value (0.80× < … ≤ 1.20×)
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 (€0.18/cl × 70 cl)
- €12.60
- Maturation (12 × €1.20/year)
- €21.64
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.00
- Cost floor
- €34.24
- Process distinctnessno declared distinctive practices2 / 3
- Cask provenancecask type not declared on bottle0 / 3
- Bottling integrity40.0% ABV; chill-filtration not disclosed; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed0 / 3
- OwnershipWhyte & Mackay (Emperador) — independent or smaller group2 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1824 (202 years of operation)3 / 3
- Reputation4.5882/5 across 51 reviews3 / 3
- Quality score
- 10 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.83
- Intrinsic value
- €62.78
- Actual price (median)
- €59.90
- Multiple
- 0.95×
- Verdict band
- fair value
Maturation context
Highland · rolling 12 months: 1,493 mm at Charr (10 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,298 mm, +33.30% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Fettercairn
- FETTERCAIRN 16 Years Old €99.90 · 0.73×
- FETTERCAIRN Warehouse 14 Small Batch 1 €79.90 · 0.85×