TULLIBARDINE 225 Sauternes Finish
Is it worth the price?
TULLIBARDINE 225 Sauternes Finish is a Highland single malt Scotch from the Tullibardine distillery, released without an age statement. Tasters score it 4.7 out of 5 across 3 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €45.90, against a model fair price of around €50.39. That is 0.91× the model estimate — almost exactly the quality-predicted price, with no meaningful brand premium. It is one of 7 Tullibardine bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| whisky.fr | €45.90 |
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
- 4.67 / 5
- Age
- No age statement
- Region
- Highland
- Distillery tier
- Budget
- Predicted price
- €50.39
- Actual price (median)
- €45.90
- Multiple
- 0.91×
- 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 (NAS→5 × €1.20/year)
- €6.92
- Cask premium (wine)
- +€10.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.05
- Cost floor
- €31.00
NAS treated as 5 years for maturation cost (paper convention).
- Process distinctnessstandard production; mothballed 1995-20030 / 3
- Cask provenancewine1 / 3
- Bottling integrity43.0% ABV; chill-filtration not disclosed; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed1 / 3
- OwnershipPicard Vins & Spiritueux — independent or smaller group2 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1949 (77 years of operation); mothballed 1995-20032 / 3
- Reputation4.6667/5 across 3 reviews2 / 3
- Quality score
- 8 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.67
- Intrinsic value
- €51.66
- Actual price (median)
- €45.90
- Multiple
- 0.89×
- Verdict band
- fair value
Maturation context
Highland · rolling 12 months: 1,485 mm at Braco (Dunduff) (8 km). Scotland E rolling 12-month rainfall1,703 mm, +40.50% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Tullibardine
- TULLIBARDINE 15 Years Old €50.95 · 0.79×
- TULLIBARDINE Sovereign €30.50 · 0.84×
- TULLIBARDINE 500 Sherry Cask €45.90 · 0.89×
- TULLIBARDINE 228 Burgundy Finish €45.50 · 0.92×
- TULLIBARDINE 2008 The Murray Chateauneuf-Du-Pape Finish €81.90 · 1.64×
- TULLIBARDINE 9 Years Old 2015 1st & 2nd Fill Oloroso Sherry Butts 100 Proof €63.90 · 2.03×