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ROYAL BRACKLA 18 Years Old Palo Cortado Sherry Cask Finish

0.88× fair value 18yo rating 5.0/5 · n=1
cheapest
€148.00
whisky.fr
intrinsic
€169.03
N
1

Is it worth the price?

ROYAL BRACKLA 18 Years Old Palo Cortado Sherry Cask Finish is a Highland single malt Scotch from the Royal Brackla distillery, bottled at 18 years old. Tasters score it 5.0 out of 5 across 1 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €148.00, against a model fair price of around €169.03. That is 0.88× 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. Of the 2 Royal Brackla bottlings priced here, this is the weakest value.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
whisky.fr €148.00

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
18yo
Region
Highland
Distillery tier
Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
Result
Predicted price
€169.03
Actual price (median)
€148.00
Multiple
0.88×
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 (€0.14/cl × 70 cl)
€9.80
Maturation (18 × €1.20/year)
€41.35
Cask premium (ex sherry)
+€8.00
× ABV factor
×1.15
Cost floor
€68.02
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 1 review
    3 / 3
Quality score
13 / 18
Quality multiplier
×2.08
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€141.72
Actual price (median)
€148.00
Multiple
1.04×
Verdict band
fair value

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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