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Pulteney / Highland

OLD PULTENEY 12 Years Old

0.90× fair value 12yo rating 4.4/5 · n=26
cheapest
€29.55
topdrinks
intrinsic
€48.78
N
3

Is it worth the price?

OLD PULTENEY 12 Years Old is a Highland single malt Scotch from the Pulteney distillery, bottled at 12 years old. Tasters score it 4.4 out of 5 across 26 reviews. It is tracked at 3 retailers, ranging from €29.55 to €55.78, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €48.78. That is 0.90× the model estimate — almost exactly what its age, strength and house predict, with no meaningful brand premium. The estimate is fitted on age, bottling strength and the distillery's other prices; community ratings add no measurable signal to it, so this is not a quality judgement. Typical error is around ±65%, so read the verdict as indicative and trust it most at the extremes. It is one of 6 Pulteney bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
topdrinks €29.55
whisky.fr €43.90
thewhiskyshop €55.78

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
4.38 / 5
Age
12yo
Region
Highland
Distillery tier
Budget Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
Result
Predicted price
€48.78
Actual price (median)
€43.90
Multiple
0.90×
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 (€0.18/cl × 70 cl)
€12.60
Maturation (12 × €1.20/year)
€21.64
Cask premium (undeclared)
+€0.00
× ABV factor
×1.00
Cost floor
€34.24
Quality grade (six 0–3 axes)
  • Process distinctness
    distinctively shaped stills; coastal-influenced maturation; closed 1930-1951
    1 / 3
  • Cask provenance
    cask type not declared on bottle
    0 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    40.0% ABV; chill-filtration not disclosed; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    0 / 3
  • Ownership
    Inver House / Thai Beverage — production-led corporate
    1 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1826 (200 years of operation); closed 1930-1951
    2 / 3
  • Reputation
    4.3846/5 across 26 reviews
    1 / 3
Quality score
5 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.42
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€48.51
Actual price (median)
€43.90
Multiple
0.91×
Verdict band
fair value

Maturation context

Highland · rolling 12 months: 968 mm at Halkirk (25 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,298 mm, +33.30% vs 1995-2024 median.

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