Is it worth the price?
LAGAVULIN Distillers Edition is an Islay single malt Scotch from the Lagavulin distillery, released without an age statement. Tasters score it 4.9 out of 5 across 18 reviews. It is tracked at 4 retailers, ranging from €97.80 to €115.00, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €66.95. That is 1.60× 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. Of the 4 Lagavulin bottlings priced here, this is the weakest value.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| topdrinks | €97.80 |
| thewhiskyshop | €104.60 |
| whiskylodge | €109.00 |
| whisky.fr | €115.00 |
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
- 4.94 / 5
- Age
- No age statement
- Region
- Islay
- Distillery tier
- Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
- Predicted price
- €66.95
- Actual price (median)
- €106.80
- Multiple
- 1.60×
- 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 (€0.18/cl × 70 cl)
- €12.60
- Maturation (NAS→5 × €1.20/year)
- €6.92
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.08
- Cost floor
- €20.98
NAS treated as 5 years for maturation cost (paper convention).
- Process distinctnessno declared distinctive practices2 / 3
- Cask provenancecask type not declared on bottle0 / 3
- Bottling integrity43.0% ABV; chill-filtration not disclosed; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed1 / 3
- OwnershipDiageo (prestige range) — independent or smaller group2 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1816 (210 years of operation)3 / 3
- Reputation4.9444/5 across 18 reviews3 / 3
- Quality score
- 11 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.92
- Intrinsic value
- €40.22
- Actual price (median)
- €106.80
- Multiple
- 2.66×
- Verdict band
- brand premium
Maturation context
Islay · rolling 12 months: 1,849 mm at Dippen (40 km). Scotland W rolling 12-month rainfall2,451 mm, +33.70% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Lagavulin
- LAGAVULIN 16 Years Old €69.25 · 0.60×
- LAGAVULIN 12 Years Old 12th Release Of €185.00 · 1.31×
- LAGAVULIN 8 Years Old €49.40 · 1.33×