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Pulteney / Highland

OLD PULTENEY 2012 Flotilla

1.13× fair value NAS rating 5.0/5 · n=5
cheapest
€57.90
whisky.fr
intrinsic
€51.42
N
1

Is it worth the price?

OLD PULTENEY 2012 Flotilla is a Highland single malt Scotch from the Pulteney distillery, released without an age statement. Tasters score it 5.0 out of 5 across 5 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €57.90, against a model fair price of around €51.42. That is 1.13× the model estimate — almost exactly the quality-predicted price, with no meaningful brand premium. It is one of 6 Pulteney bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
whisky.fr €57.90

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.

Inputs
Rating
5.00 / 5
Age
No age statement
Region
Highland
Distillery tier
Budget
Result
Predicted price
€51.42
Actual price (median)
€57.90
Multiple
1.13×
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 (NAS→5 × €1.20/year)
€6.92
Cask premium (undeclared)
+€0.00
× ABV factor
×1.10
Cost floor
€21.47

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

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
    46.0% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    2 / 3
  • Ownership
    Inver House / Thai Beverage — production-led corporate
    1 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1826 (200 years of operation); closed 1930-1951
    2 / 3
  • Reputation
    5.0/5 across 5 reviews
    1 / 3
Quality score
7 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.58
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€34.00
Actual price (median)
€57.90
Multiple
1.70×
Verdict band
mild premium

Maturation context

Highland · rolling 12 months: 912 mm at Halkirk (25 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,223 mm, +30.70% vs 1995-2024 median.

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