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TALISKER Port Ruighe

1.08× fair value NAS rating 5.0/5 · n=3
cheapest
€46.20
topdrinks
intrinsic
€56.45
N
4

Is it worth the price?

TALISKER Port Ruighe is an Island single malt Scotch from the Talisker distillery, released without an age statement. Tasters score it 5.0 out of 5 across 3 reviews. It is tracked at 4 retailers, ranging from €46.20 to €76.70, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €56.45. That is 1.08× 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 3 Talisker bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
topdrinks €46.20
whiskylodge €55.00
whisky.fr €66.90
thewhiskyshop €76.70

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
Island
Distillery tier
Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
Result
Predicted price
€56.45
Actual price (median)
€60.95
Multiple
1.08×
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 (NAS→5 × €1.20/year)
€6.92
Cask premium (port)
+€10.00
× ABV factor
×1.15
Cost floor
€30.59

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

Quality grade (six 0–3 axes)
  • Process distinctness
    no declared distinctive practices
    2 / 3
  • Cask provenance
    port
    1 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    45.8% ABV; chill-filtration not disclosed; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    1 / 3
  • Ownership
    Diageo (prestige range) — independent or smaller group
    2 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1830 (196 years of operation)
    3 / 3
  • Reputation
    5.0/5 across 3 reviews
    2 / 3
Quality score
11 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.92
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€58.64
Actual price (median)
€60.95
Multiple
1.04×
Verdict band
fair value

Maturation context

Island · rolling 12 months: 4,533 mm at Allt Dearg House (10 km). Scotland W rolling 12-month rainfall2,451 mm, +33.70% vs 1995-2024 median.

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