Is it worth the price?
CAOL ILA 9 Years Old 2017 1st Fill Rivesaltes Small Batch Signatory Vintage is an Islay single malt Scotch from the Caol Ila distillery, bottled at 9 years old. Tasters score it 4.8 out of 5 across 8 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €59.90, against a model fair price of around €52.13. That is 1.15× the model estimate — almost exactly the quality-predicted price, with no meaningful brand premium. It is one of 12 Caol Ila 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.
- Rating
- 4.75 / 5
- Age
- 9yo
- Region
- Islay
- Distillery tier
- Mid
- Predicted price
- €52.13
- Actual price (median)
- €59.90
- Multiple
- 1.15×
- 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 (9 × €1.20/year)
- €14.46
- Cask premium (wine)
- +€10.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.10
- Cost floor
- €37.68
- Process distinctnesslarge-volume Islay production; standard methods0 / 3
- Cask provenancewine2 / 3
- Bottling integrity46.0% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed2 / 3
- OwnershipDiageo — production-led corporate1 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1846 (180 years of operation)3 / 3
- Reputation4.75/5 across 8 reviews1 / 3
- Quality score
- 9 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.75
- Intrinsic value
- €65.95
- Actual price (median)
- €59.90
- Multiple
- 0.91×
- Verdict band
- fair value
Maturation context
Islay · rolling 12 months: 1,550 mm at Lingerton (46 km). Scotland W rolling 12-month rainfall2,543 mm, +39.90% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Caol Ila
- CAOL ILA 12 Years Old €39.94 · 0.56×
- CAOL ILA Moch €45.25 · 0.61×
- CAOL ILA 13 Years Old Smoky Discovery Gordon & Macphail €65.00 · 0.65×
- CAOL ILA 20 Years Old 1995 Hogshead Signatory Vintage €195.00 · 0.88×
- CAOL ILA 9 Years Old 2016 New American Oak Barrels Elixir Distillers €69.00 · 1.32×
- CAOL ILA 8 Years Old 2017 Very Cloudy Refill Hogsheads Signatory Vintage €63.90 · 1.52×