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ARRAN 15 Years Old Peated Sherry Butts Rare Batch

1.57× mild premium 15yo rating 4.5/5 · n=2
cheapest
€175.00
whisky.fr
intrinsic
€111.51
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1

Is it worth the price?

ARRAN 15 Years Old Peated Sherry Butts Rare Batch is an Island single malt Scotch from the Arran distillery, bottled at 15 years old. Tasters score it 4.5 out of 5 across 2 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €175.00, against a model fair price of around €111.51. That is 1.57× the model estimate — a mild premium over the quality-predicted price. It is one of 13 Arran bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
whisky.fr €175.00

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
4.50 / 5
Age
15yo
Region
Island
Distillery tier
Mid
Result
Predicted price
€111.51
Actual price (median)
€175.00
Multiple
1.57×
Verdict band
mild premium (1.20× < … ≤ 2.00×)

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 (€0.25/cl × 70 cl)
€17.50
Maturation (15 × €1.20/year)
€30.48
Cask premium (ex sherry)
+€8.00
× ABV factor
×1.35
Cost floor
€75.58
Quality grade (six 0–3 axes)
  • Process distinctness
    independent revival distillery; classic methods
    1 / 3
  • Cask provenance
    ex sherry
    1 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    54.4% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    3 / 3
  • Ownership
    Isle of Arran Distillers (independent) — independent or smaller group
    2 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1995 (31 years of operation)
    1 / 3
  • Reputation
    4.5/5 across 2 reviews
    2 / 3
Quality score
10 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.83
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€138.56
Actual price (median)
€175.00
Multiple
1.26×
Verdict band
mild premium

Maturation context

Island · rolling 12 months: 2,255 mm at Monyquil Farm (15 km). Scotland W rolling 12-month rainfall2,524 mm, +43.70% vs 1995-2024 median.

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