Is it worth the price?
TOMATIN Cask Strength is a Highland single malt Scotch from the Tomatin distillery, released without an age statement. Tasters score it 4.0 out of 5 across 1 reviews. It is tracked at 3 retailers, ranging from €50.95 to €61.00, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €48.40. That is 1.17× the model estimate — almost exactly the quality-predicted price, with no meaningful brand premium. Of the 3 Tomatin bottlings priced here, this is the weakest value.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| topdrinks | €50.95 |
| thewhiskyshop | €56.81 |
| whisky.fr | €61.00 |
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
- No age statement
- Region
- Highland
- Distillery tier
- Budget
- Predicted price
- €48.40
- Actual price (median)
- €56.81
- Multiple
- 1.17×
- 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 (€0.14/cl × 70 cl)
- €9.80
- Maturation (NAS→5 × €1.20/year)
- €6.92
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.35
- Cost floor
- €22.57
NAS treated as 5 years for maturation cost (paper convention).
- Process distinctnessno declared distinctive practices2 / 3
- Cask provenancecask type not declared on bottle0 / 3
- Bottling integrity57.5% ABV; cask strength (declared); E150a caramel colouring not disclosed3 / 3
- OwnershipTomatin Distillery Co. (Takara Shuzo) — independent or smaller group2 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1897 (129 years of operation)2 / 3
- Reputation4.0/5 across 1 review1 / 3
- Quality score
- 10 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.83
- Intrinsic value
- €41.38
- Actual price (median)
- €56.81
- Multiple
- 1.37×
- Verdict band
- mild premium
Maturation context
Highland · rolling 12 months: 774 mm at Tomatin No2 (0 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,223 mm, +30.70% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Tomatin
- TOMATIN Legacy €27.95 · 0.61×
- TOMATIN 12 Years Old €35.95 · 0.89×