Is it worth the price?
SCAPA 16 Years Old is an Island single malt Scotch from the Scapa distillery, bottled at 16 years old. Tasters score it 4.0 out of 5 across 1 reviews. It is tracked at 4 retailers, ranging from €97.55 to €119.00, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €120.79. That is 0.97× 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 Scapa bottlings priced here, this is the weakest value.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| topdrinks | €97.55 |
| thewhiskyshop | €116.22 |
| whisky.fr | €118.00 |
| whiskylodge | €119.00 |
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.
- Rating
- 4.00 / 5
- Age
- 16yo
- Region
- Island
- Distillery tier
- Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
- Predicted price
- €120.79
- Actual price (median)
- €117.11
- Multiple
- 0.97×
- Verdict band
- fair value (0.80× < … ≤ 1.20×)
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.
- Production (€0.18/cl × 70 cl)
- €12.60
- Maturation (16 × €1.20/year)
- €33.86
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.20
- Cost floor
- €55.75
- Process distinctnessno declared distinctive practices2 / 3
- Cask provenancecask type not declared on bottle0 / 3
- Bottling integrity48.0% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed2 / 3
- OwnershipPernod Ricard / Chivas Brothers — independent or smaller group2 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1885 (141 years of operation)2 / 3
- Reputation4.0/5 across 1 review1 / 3
- Quality score
- 9 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.75
- Intrinsic value
- €97.56
- Actual price (median)
- €117.11
- Multiple
- 1.20×
- Verdict band
- mild premium
Maturation context
Island · rolling 12 months: 1,216 mm at Durkadale (21 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,298 mm, +33.30% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Scapa
- SCAPA 10 Years Old €59.00 · 0.90×