Is it worth the price?
MORTLACH 10 Years Old 2016 Very Cloudy Hogshead Signatory Vintage is a Speyside single malt Scotch from the Mortlach distillery, bottled at 10 years old. Tasters score it 3.0 out of 5 across 1 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €62.90, against a model fair price of around €48.96. That is 1.28× the model estimate — a mild premium over the quality-predicted price. Of the 3 Mortlach bottlings priced here, this is the weakest value.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| whisky.fr | €62.90 |
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
- 3.00 / 5
- Age
- 10yo
- Region
- Speyside
- Distillery tier
- Mid
- Predicted price
- €48.96
- Actual price (median)
- €62.90
- Multiple
- 1.28×
- Verdict band
- mild premium (1.20× < … ≤ 2.00×)
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 (10 × €1.20/year)
- €16.69
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.00
- Cost floor
- €26.49
- Process distinctnessworm tubs (paper); 2.81x complex distillation (paper Wee Witchie); long fermentation3 / 3
- Cask provenancecask type not declared on bottle0 / 3
- Bottling integrity40.0% ABV; chill-filtration not disclosed; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed0 / 3
- OwnershipDiageo (prestige range) — prestige-corporate0 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1823 (203 years of operation)3 / 3
- Reputation3.0/5 across 1 review0 / 3
- Quality score
- 6 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.50
- Intrinsic value
- €39.73
- Actual price (median)
- €62.90
- Multiple
- 1.58×
- Verdict band
- mild premium
Maturation context
Speyside · rolling 12 months: 765 mm at Aberlour (7 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,223 mm, +30.70% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Mortlach
- MORTLACH 11 Years Old 2014 1st Fill Oloroso 100 Proof #73 Signatory Vintage €64.90 · 1.06×
- MORTLACH 12 Years Old The Wee Witchie €80.00 · 1.18×