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Bunnahabhain / Islay

BUNNAHABHAIN STAOISHA 7 Years Old 2018 Elixir Distillers

1.39× mild premium 7yo rating 4.5/5 · n=2
cheapest
€59.90
whisky.fr
intrinsic
€43.05
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1

Is it worth the price?

BUNNAHABHAIN STAOISHA 7 Years Old 2018 Elixir Distillers is an Islay single malt Scotch from the Bunnahabhain distillery, bottled at 7 years old. Tasters score it 4.5 out of 5 across 2 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €59.90, against a model fair price of around €43.05. That is 1.39× the model estimate — a mild premium over what its age, strength and house predict. 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 13 Bunnahabhain bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
whisky.fr €59.90

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
4.50 / 5
Age
7yo
Region
Islay
Distillery tier
Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
Result
Predicted price
€43.05
Actual price (median)
€59.90
Multiple
1.39×
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 (€0.14/cl × 70 cl)
€9.80
Maturation (7 × €1.20/year)
€10.43
Cask premium (undeclared)
+€0.00
× ABV factor
×1.20
Cost floor
€24.28
Quality grade (six 0–3 axes)
  • Process distinctness
    lightly peated for Islay; long fermentation
    1 / 3
  • Cask provenance
    cask type not declared on bottle
    0 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    48.0% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    2 / 3
  • Ownership
    Distell (Heineken) — production-led corporate
    1 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1881 (145 years of operation)
    2 / 3
  • Reputation
    4.5/5 across 2 reviews
    1 / 3
Quality score
7 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.58
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€38.44
Actual price (median)
€59.90
Multiple
1.56×
Verdict band
mild premium

Maturation context

Islay · rolling 12 months: 1,593 mm at Lingerton (46 km). Scotland W rolling 12-month rainfall2,416 mm, +33.30% vs 1995-2024 median.

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