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Kilchoman / Islay

KILCHOMAN Small Batch Port French Exclusive

0.81× fair value NAS rating 4.7/5 · n=3
cheapest
€89.90
whisky.fr
intrinsic
€110.39
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1

Is it worth the price?

KILCHOMAN Small Batch Port French Exclusive is an Islay single malt Scotch from the Kilchoman distillery, released without an age statement. Tasters score it 4.7 out of 5 across 3 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €89.90, against a model fair price of around €110.39. That is 0.81× the model estimate — almost exactly the quality-predicted price, with no meaningful brand premium. It is one of 14 Kilchoman bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
whisky.fr €89.90

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
4.67 / 5
Age
No age statement
Region
Islay
Distillery tier
Premium
Result
Predicted price
€110.39
Actual price (median)
€89.90
Multiple
0.81×
Verdict band
fair value (0.80× < … ≤ 1.20×)

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 (NAS→5 × €1.20/year)
€6.92
Cask premium (port)
+€10.00
× ABV factor
×1.10
Cost floor
€37.86

NAS treated as 5 years for maturation cost (paper convention).

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
    port; partial single-estate malt
    1 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    47.6% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    2 / 3
  • Ownership
    Anthony Wills (founder family) — independent or smaller group
    2 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 2005 (21 years of operation)
    1 / 3
  • Reputation
    4.6667/5 across 3 reviews
    2 / 3
Quality score
10 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.83
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€69.41
Actual price (median)
€89.90
Multiple
1.30×
Verdict band
mild premium

Maturation context

Islay · rolling 12 months: 1,867 mm at Dippen (63 km). Scotland W rolling 12-month rainfall2,543 mm, +39.90% vs 1995-2024 median.

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