Is it worth the price?
LAPHROAIG Lore is an Islay single malt Scotch from the Laphroaig distillery, released without an age statement. Tasters score it 4.7 out of 5 across 21 reviews. It is tracked at 3 retailers, ranging from €73.65 to €109.00, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €77.04. That is 1.04× the model estimate — almost exactly the quality-predicted price, with no meaningful brand premium. It is one of 4 Laphroaig bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| topdrinks | €73.65 |
| thewhiskyshop | €80.00 |
| whisky.fr | €109.00 |
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
- 4.67 / 5
- Age
- No age statement
- Region
- Islay
- Distillery tier
- Mid
- Predicted price
- €77.04
- Actual price (median)
- €80.00
- Multiple
- 1.04×
- 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 (€0.14/cl × 70 cl)
- €9.80
- Maturation (NAS→5 × €1.20/year)
- €6.92
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.20
- Cost floor
- €20.06
NAS treated as 5 years for maturation cost (paper convention).
- 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 integrity48.0% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed2 / 3
- OwnershipBeam Suntory — independent or smaller group2 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1815 (211 years of operation)3 / 3
- Reputation4.6667/5 across 21 reviews3 / 3
- Quality score
- 12 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×2.00
- Intrinsic value
- €40.13
- Actual price (median)
- €80.00
- Multiple
- 1.99×
- 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 10 Years Old Cask Strength Nov 2023 Batch 17 €95.00 · 1.64×