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BALMENACH 10 Years Old 2016 100 Proof #79 1st Fill Oloroso Sherry Butts Signatory Vintage

0.76× hidden gem 10yo rating 1.0/5 · n=1
cheapest
€63.90
whisky.fr
intrinsic
€84.00
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1

Is it worth the price?

BALMENACH 10 Years Old 2016 100 Proof #79 1st Fill Oloroso Sherry Butts Signatory Vintage is a Speyside single malt Scotch from the Balmenach distillery, bottled at 10 years old. Tasters score it 1.0 out of 5 across 1 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €63.90, against a model fair price of around €84.00. That is 0.76× the model estimate — well below what its age, strength and house predict, and one of the clearer value picks in the data. 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 Balmenach bottlings priced here, this is the strongest value.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
whisky.fr €63.90

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.

Inputs
Rating
1.00 / 5
Age
10yo
Region
Speyside
Distillery tier
Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
Result
Predicted price
€84.00
Actual price (median)
€63.90
Multiple
0.76×
Verdict band
hidden gem (≤ 0.80×)

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 (€0.18/cl × 70 cl)
€12.60
Maturation (10 × €1.20/year)
€16.69
Cask premium (first fill sherry)
+€12.00
× ABV factor
×1.43
Cost floor
€58.94
Quality grade (six 0–3 axes)
  • Process distinctness
    worm tub condensers; on-site dunnage warehouses; Douglas fir washbacks; 7h mash cycle; 54h fermentation; six pot stills; wide cut 72-58% ABV; licensed 1824 under the Excise Act; mothballed 1993-1997
    2 / 3
  • Cask provenance
    first fill sherry (cask #79)
    3 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    57.1% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    3 / 3
  • Ownership
    Inver House Distillers (International Beverage / ThaiBev) — independent or smaller group
    2 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1824 (202 years of operation); mothballed 1993-1997
    2 / 3
  • Reputation
    1.0/5 across 1 review
    0 / 3
Quality score
12 / 18
Quality multiplier
×2.00
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€117.88
Actual price (median)
€63.90
Multiple
0.54×
Verdict band
hidden gem

Maturation context

Speyside · rolling 12 months: 749 mm at Tulchan (10 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,298 mm, +33.30% vs 1995-2024 median.

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