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Pulteney / Highland

OLD PULTENEY Huddart

0.91× fair value NAS rating 4.6/5 · n=25
cheapest
€35.95
topdrinks
intrinsic
€60.40
N
4

Is it worth the price?

OLD PULTENEY Huddart is a Highland single malt Scotch from the Pulteney distillery, released without an age statement. Tasters score it 4.6 out of 5 across 25 reviews. It is tracked at 4 retailers, ranging from €35.95 to €69.90, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €60.40. That is 0.91× 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 €35.95
thewhiskyshop €45.33
whiskylodge €65.00
whisky.fr €69.90

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
4.56 / 5
Age
No age statement
Region
Highland
Distillery tier
Budget Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
Result
Predicted price
€60.40
Actual price (median)
€55.17
Multiple
0.91×
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
×1.15
Cost floor
€22.45

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
    4.56/5 across 25 reviews
    1 / 3
Quality score
7 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.58
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€35.54
Actual price (median)
€55.17
Multiple
1.55×
Verdict band
mild premium

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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