The Deveron 10 Years Old
Is it worth the price?
The Deveron 10 Years Old is a single malt Scotch from the Macduff distillery, bottled at 10 years old. Tasters score it 3.7 out of 5 across 4 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €31.90, against a model fair price of around €33.40. That is 0.96× the model estimate — almost exactly the quality-predicted price, with no meaningful brand premium. Of the 2 Macduff bottlings priced here, this is the weakest value.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| topdrinks | €31.90 |
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
- 3.70 / 5
- Age
- 10yo
- Region
- —
- Distillery tier
- Budget
- Predicted price
- €33.40
- Actual price (median)
- €31.90
- Multiple
- 0.96×
- 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 (10 × €1.20/year)
- €16.69
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.00
- Cost floor
- €26.49
- Process distinctnessno declared distinctive practices2 / 3
- Cask provenancecask type not declared on bottle0 / 3
- Bottling integrityABV not declared; chill-filtration not disclosed; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed0 / 3
- OwnershipBacardi / John Dewar & Sons — independent or smaller group2 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1960 (66 years of operation)2 / 3
- Reputation3.7/5 across 4 reviews0 / 3
- Quality score
- 6 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.50
- Intrinsic value
- €39.73
- Actual price (median)
- €31.90
- Multiple
- 0.80×
- Verdict band
- fair value
Maturation context
Highland · rolling 12 months: 506 mm at Cullen (19 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,235 mm, +30.70% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Macduff
- The Deveron 12 Years Old €34.70 · 0.88×