Is it worth the price?
KILCHOMAN 13 Years Old is an Islay single malt Scotch from the Kilchoman distillery, bottled at 13 years old. Tasters score it 4.0 out of 5 across 1 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €112.00, against a model fair price of around €121.53. That is 0.92× the model estimate — almost exactly the quality-predicted price, with no meaningful brand premium. It is one of 15 Kilchoman bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| whisky.fr | €112.00 |
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
- 4.00 / 5
- Age
- 13yo
- Region
- Islay
- Distillery tier
- Premium
- Predicted price
- €121.53
- Actual price (median)
- €112.00
- Multiple
- 0.92×
- 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 (€0.25/cl × 70 cl)
- €17.50
- Maturation (13 × €1.20/year)
- €24.39
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.35
- Cost floor
- €56.55
- 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 integrity50.0% 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
- Reputation4.0/5 across 1 review2 / 3
- Quality score
- 10 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.83
- Intrinsic value
- €103.68
- Actual price (median)
- €112.00
- Multiple
- 1.08×
- Verdict band
- fair value
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×