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Oban / Highland

OBAN Distillers Edition

0.84× fair value NAS rating 5.0/5 · n=2
cheapest
€95.00
whisky.fr
intrinsic
€113.43
N
1

Is it worth the price?

OBAN Distillers Edition is a Highland single malt Scotch from the Oban distillery, released without an age statement. 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 €113.43. That is 0.84× the model estimate — almost exactly the quality-predicted price, with no meaningful brand premium. Of the 3 Oban 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.

Inputs
Rating
5.00 / 5
Age
No age statement
Region
Highland
Distillery tier
Premium
Result
Predicted price
€113.43
Actual price (median)
€95.00
Multiple
0.84×
Verdict band
fair value (0.80× < … ≤ 1.20×)

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 (€0.25/cl × 70 cl)
€17.50
Maturation (NAS→5 × €1.20/year)
€6.92
Cask premium (undeclared)
+€0.00
× ABV factor
×1.05
Cost floor
€25.64

NAS treated as 5 years for maturation cost (paper convention).

Quality grade (six 0–3 axes)
  • Process distinctness
    no declared distinctive practices
    2 / 3
  • Cask provenance
    cask type not declared on bottle
    0 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    43.0% ABV; chill-filtration not disclosed; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    1 / 3
  • Ownership
    Diageo (prestige range) — independent or smaller group
    2 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1794 (232 years of operation)
    3 / 3
  • Reputation
    5.0/5 across 2 reviews
    2 / 3
Quality score
10 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.83
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€47.01
Actual price (median)
€95.00
Multiple
2.02×
Verdict band
brand premium

Maturation context

Highland · rolling 12 months: 1,604 mm at Dunstaffnage (4 km). Scotland W rolling 12-month rainfall2,524 mm, +43.70% vs 1995-2024 median.

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