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Royal Brackla / Highland

ROYAL BRACKLA 12 Years Old Oloroso Sherry Cask Finish

0.60× hidden gem 12yo rating 5.0/5 · n=3
cheapest
€67.50
whisky.fr
intrinsic
€112.54
N
1

Is it worth the price?

ROYAL BRACKLA 12 Years Old Oloroso Sherry Cask Finish is a Highland single malt Scotch from the Royal Brackla distillery, bottled at 12 years old. Tasters score it 5.0 out of 5 across 3 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €67.50, against a model fair price of around €112.54. That is 0.60× the model estimate — well below what its age, strength and house predict, and one of the clearer value picks in the data. 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. Of the 2 Royal Brackla bottlings priced here, this is the strongest value.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
whisky.fr €67.50

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
12yo
Region
Highland
Distillery tier
Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
Result
Predicted price
€112.54
Actual price (median)
€67.50
Multiple
0.60×
Verdict band
hidden gem (≤ 0.80×)

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 (€0.14/cl × 70 cl)
€9.80
Maturation (12 × €1.20/year)
€21.64
Cask premium (ex sherry)
+€8.00
× ABV factor
×1.15
Cost floor
€45.36
Quality grade (six 0–3 axes)
  • Process distinctness
    no declared distinctive practices
    2 / 3
  • Cask provenance
    ex sherry
    1 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    46.0% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    2 / 3
  • Ownership
    Bacardi / John Dewar & Sons — independent or smaller group
    2 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1812 (214 years of operation)
    3 / 3
  • Reputation
    5.0/5 across 3 reviews
    3 / 3
Quality score
13 / 18
Quality multiplier
×2.08
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€94.50
Actual price (median)
€67.50
Multiple
0.71×
Verdict band
hidden gem

Maturation context

Highland · rolling 12 months: 582 mm at Nairn Dunbar Golf Course (7 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,298 mm, +33.30% vs 1995-2024 median.

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