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Kilchoman / Islay

KILCHOMAN 6 Years Old 2018 Exploration Single Cask Foundations

4.30× luxury premium 6yo rating 5.0/5 · n=1
cheapest
€149.00
whisky.fr
intrinsic
€34.68
N
1

Is it worth the price?

KILCHOMAN 6 Years Old 2018 Exploration Single Cask Foundations is an Islay single malt Scotch from the Kilchoman distillery, bottled at 6 years old. Tasters score it 5.0 out of 5 across 1 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €149.00, against a model fair price of around €34.68. That is 4.30× the model estimate — a price driven far more by the label than by what the model can explain. Of the 13 Kilchoman bottlings priced here, this is the weakest value.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
whisky.fr €149.00

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
5.00 / 5
Age
6yo
Region
Islay
Distillery tier
Premium
Result
Predicted price
€34.68
Actual price (median)
€149.00
Multiple
4.30×
Verdict band
luxury premium (> 4.00×)

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 (6 × €1.20/year)
€8.61
Cask premium (undeclared)
+€0.00
× ABV factor
×1.35
Cost floor
€35.25
Quality grade (six 0–3 axes)
  • Process distinctness
    partial estate barley / floor malting on site; on-site floor malting; field-to-bottle 100% Islay range
    2 / 3
  • Cask provenance
    cask type not declared on bottle; partial single-estate malt
    0 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    57.1% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    3 / 3
  • Ownership
    Anthony Wills (founder family) — independent or smaller group
    2 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 2005 (21 years of operation)
    1 / 3
  • Reputation
    5.0/5 across 1 review
    2 / 3
Quality score
10 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.83
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€64.63
Actual price (median)
€149.00
Multiple
2.31×
Verdict band
brand premium

Maturation context

Islay · rolling 12 months: 1,861 mm at Dippen (63 km). Scotland W rolling 12-month rainfall2,543 mm, +39.90% vs 1995-2024 median.

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