Is it worth the price?
LAPHROAIG 10 Years Old Cask Strength Nov 2023 Batch 17 is an Islay single malt Scotch from the Laphroaig distillery, bottled at 10 years old. Tasters score it 5.0 out of 5 across 2 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €95.00, against a model fair price of around €57.79. That is 1.64× the model estimate — a mild premium over the quality-predicted price. Of the 4 Laphroaig bottlings priced here, this is the weakest value.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| whisky.fr | €95.00 |
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
- 10yo
- Region
- Islay
- Distillery tier
- Mid
- Predicted price
- €57.79
- Actual price (median)
- €95.00
- Multiple
- 1.64×
- 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 (€0.14/cl × 70 cl)
- €9.80
- Maturation (10 × €1.20/year)
- €16.69
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.35
- Cost floor
- €35.76
- Process distinctnesspartial estate barley / floor malting on site; partial floor malting2 / 3
- Cask provenancecask type not declared on bottle; partial single-estate malt0 / 3
- Bottling integrity58.3% ABV; cask strength (declared); E150a caramel colouring not disclosed3 / 3
- OwnershipBeam Suntory — independent or smaller group2 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1815 (211 years of operation)3 / 3
- Reputation5.0/5 across 2 reviews3 / 3
- Quality score
- 13 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×2.08
- Intrinsic value
- €74.50
- Actual price (median)
- €95.00
- Multiple
- 1.28×
- Verdict band
- mild premium
Maturation context
Islay · rolling 12 months: 1,867 mm at Dippen (42 km). Scotland W rolling 12-month rainfall2,524 mm, +43.70% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Laphroaig
- LAPHROAIG Quarter Cask €50.92 · 0.69×
- LAPHROAIG 10 Years Old €36.72 · 0.74×
- LAPHROAIG Lore €73.65 · 1.04×