Is it worth the price?
KILCHOMAN Small Batch Port French Exclusive is an Islay single malt Scotch from the Kilchoman distillery, released without an age statement. Tasters score it 4.7 out of 5 across 3 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €89.90, against a model fair price of around €108.56. That is 0.83× 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 | €89.90 |
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
- 4.67 / 5
- Age
- No age statement
- Region
- Islay
- Distillery tier
- Premium
- Predicted price
- €108.56
- Actual price (median)
- €89.90
- Multiple
- 0.83×
- 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 (NAS→5 × €1.20/year)
- €6.92
- Cask premium (port)
- +€10.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.10
- Cost floor
- €37.86
NAS treated as 5 years for maturation cost (paper convention).
- Process distinctnesspartial estate barley / floor malting on site; on-site floor malting; field-to-bottle 100% Islay range2 / 3
- Cask provenanceport; partial single-estate malt1 / 3
- Bottling integrity47.6% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed2 / 3
- OwnershipAnthony Wills (founder family) — independent or smaller group2 / 3
- Heritagefounded 2005 (21 years of operation)1 / 3
- Reputation4.6667/5 across 3 reviews2 / 3
- Quality score
- 10 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.83
- Intrinsic value
- €69.41
- Actual price (median)
- €89.90
- Multiple
- 1.30×
- 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×