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KILCHOMAN 12 Years Old 100% Islay Still Peat Bourbon Barrel Single Cask New Vibrations

1.33× mild premium 12yo rating 3.0/5 · n=2
cheapest
€159.20
whisky.fr
intrinsic
€119.59
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Is it worth the price?

KILCHOMAN 12 Years Old 100% Islay Still Peat Bourbon Barrel Single Cask New Vibrations is an Islay single malt Scotch from the Kilchoman distillery, bottled at 12 years old. Tasters score it 3.0 out of 5 across 2 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €159.20, against a model fair price of around €119.59. That is 1.33× the model estimate — a mild premium over what its age, strength and house predict. 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 14 Kilchoman bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
whisky.fr €159.20

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
3.00 / 5
Age
12yo
Region
Islay
Distillery tier
Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
Result
Predicted price
€119.59
Actual price (median)
€159.20
Multiple
1.33×
Verdict band
mild premium (1.20× < … ≤ 2.00×)

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 (€0.25/cl × 70 cl)
€17.50
Maturation (12 × €1.20/year)
€21.64
Cask premium (ex bourbon)
+€0.00
× ABV factor
×1.34
Cost floor
€52.35
Quality grade (six 0–3 axes)
  • Process distinctness
    partial estate barley / floor malting on site; on-site floor malting; field-to-bottle 100% Islay range
    2 / 3
  • Cask provenance
    ex bourbon (single cask); partial single-estate malt
    3 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    53.5% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    3 / 3
  • Ownership
    Anthony Wills (founder family) — independent or smaller group
    2 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 2005 (21 years of operation)
    1 / 3
  • Reputation
    3.0/5 across 2 reviews
    2 / 3
Quality score
13 / 18
Quality multiplier
×2.08
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€109.07
Actual price (median)
€159.20
Multiple
1.46×
Verdict band
mild premium

Maturation context

Islay · rolling 12 months: 1,849 mm at Dippen (63 km). Scotland W rolling 12-month rainfall2,451 mm, +33.70% vs 1995-2024 median.

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