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Macallan / Speyside

MACALLAN (The) 10 Years Old Original Cask Strength

12.84× luxury premium 10yo rating 5.0/5 · n=1
cheapest
€1,000.00
whisky.fr
intrinsic
€77.88
N
1

Is it worth the price?

MACALLAN (The) 10 Years Old Original Cask Strength is a Speyside single malt Scotch from the Macallan distillery, bottled at 10 years old. Tasters score it 5.0 out of 5 across 1 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €1,000.00, against a model fair price of around €77.88. That is 12.84× the model estimate — a price driven far more by the label than by what the model can explain. It is one of 9 Macallan bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
whisky.fr €1,000.00

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.

Inputs
Rating
5.00 / 5
Age
10yo
Region
Speyside
Distillery tier
Premium
Result
Predicted price
€77.88
Actual price (median)
€1,000.00
Multiple
12.84×
Verdict band
luxury premium (> 4.00×)

See the regression's coefficients →

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.

Cost floor
Production (€0.10/cl × 70 cl)
€7.00
Maturation (10 × €1.20/year)
€16.69
Cask premium (undeclared)
+€0.00
× ABV factor
×1.35
Cost floor
€31.98
Quality grade (six 0–3 axes)
  • Process distinctness
    small stills (signature); curated sherry-cask program
    1 / 3
  • Cask provenance
    cask type not declared on bottle
    0 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    58.6% ABV; cask strength (declared); E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    3 / 3
  • Ownership
    Edrington — prestige-corporate
    0 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1824 (202 years of operation)
    3 / 3
  • Reputation
    5.0/5 across 1 review
    3 / 3
Quality score
10 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.83
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€58.63
Actual price (median)
€1,000.00
Multiple
17.06×
Verdict band
luxury premium

Maturation context

Speyside · rolling 12 months: 765 mm at Aberlour (1 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,223 mm, +30.70% vs 1995-2024 median.

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