Is it worth the price?
KILCHOMAN 11 Years Old 2012 Legacy Single Cask Foundations is an Islay single malt Scotch from the Kilchoman distillery, bottled at 11 years old. Tasters score it 5.0 out of 5 across 1 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €169.00, against a model fair price of around €96.17. That is 1.76× the model estimate — a mild premium over the quality-predicted price. Of the 15 Kilchoman bottlings priced here, this is the weakest value.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| whisky.fr | €169.00 |
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
- 11yo
- Region
- Islay
- Distillery tier
- Premium
- Predicted price
- €96.17
- Actual price (median)
- €169.00
- Multiple
- 1.76×
- 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 (€0.25/cl × 70 cl)
- €17.50
- Maturation (11 × €1.20/year)
- €19.08
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.35
- Cost floor
- €49.38
- Process distinctnesspartial estate barley / floor malting on site; on-site floor malting; field-to-bottle 100% Islay range2 / 3
- Cask provenancecask type not declared on bottle; partial single-estate malt0 / 3
- Bottling integrity54.5% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed3 / 3
- OwnershipAnthony Wills (founder family) — independent or smaller group2 / 3
- Heritagefounded 2005 (21 years of operation)1 / 3
- Reputation5.0/5 across 1 review2 / 3
- Quality score
- 10 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.83
- Intrinsic value
- €90.54
- Actual price (median)
- €169.00
- Multiple
- 1.87×
- Verdict band
- mild premium
Maturation context
Islay · rolling 12 months: 1,867 mm at Dippen (63 km). Scotland W rolling 12-month rainfall2,524 mm, +43.70% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Kilchoman
- KILCHOMAN Machir Bay €47.92 · 0.56×
- KILCHOMAN Sanaig €56.95 · 0.62×
- KILCHOMAN Batch Strength €66.08 · 0.68×
- KILCHOMAN Machir Bay Coffret 2 Verres €76.90 · 0.70×
- KILCHOMAN Machir Bay Cask Strength €79.90 · 0.72×
- KILCHOMAN Maury Cask Matured €81.16 · 0.77×