Is it worth the price?
OBAN 12 Years Old Special Release 2025 is a Highland single malt Scotch from the Oban distillery, bottled at 12 years old. Tasters score it 5.0 out of 5 across 1 reviews. It is tracked at 3 retailers, ranging from €115.00 to €162.71, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €122.50. That is 1.16× the model estimate — almost exactly what its age, strength and house predict, with no meaningful brand premium. 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 4 Oban bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| whisky.fr | €115.00 |
| topdrinks | €141.95 |
| thewhiskyshop | €162.71 |
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
- 5.00 / 5
- Age
- 12yo
- Region
- Highland
- Distillery tier
- Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
- Predicted price
- €122.50
- Actual price (median)
- €141.95
- Multiple
- 1.16×
- 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 (€0.25/cl × 70 cl)
- €17.50
- Maturation (12 × €1.20/year)
- €21.64
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.37
- Cost floor
- €53.53
- Process distinctnessno declared distinctive practices2 / 3
- Cask provenancecask type not declared on bottle0 / 3
- Bottling integrity54.7% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed3 / 3
- OwnershipDiageo (prestige range) — independent or smaller group2 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1794 (232 years of operation)3 / 3
- Reputation5.0/5 across 1 review3 / 3
- Quality score
- 13 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×2.08
- Intrinsic value
- €111.52
- Actual price (median)
- €141.95
- Multiple
- 1.27×
- Verdict band
- mild premium
Maturation context
Highland · rolling 12 months: 1,660 mm at Dunstaffnage (4 km). Scotland W rolling 12-month rainfall2,451 mm, +33.70% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Oban
- OBAN 14 Years Old €56.95 · 0.81×
- OBAN Little Bay €63.95 · 1.28×
- OBAN Distillers Edition €95.00 · 1.54×