SPRINGBANK 21 Years Old
Is it worth the price?
SPRINGBANK 21 Years Old is a Campbeltown single malt Scotch from the Springbank distillery, bottled at 21 years old. Tasters score it 4.5 out of 5 across 15 reviews. It is tracked at 2 retailers, ranging from €649.00 to €1,600.00, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €423.99. That is 2.65× the model estimate — well above the quality-predicted price, a substantial brand premium. Of the 6 Springbank bottlings priced here, this is the weakest value.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| whiskylodge | €649.00 |
| whisky.fr | €1,600.00 |
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.
- Rating
- 4.47 / 5
- Age
- 21yo
- Region
- Campbeltown
- Distillery tier
- Premium
- Predicted price
- €423.99
- Actual price (median)
- €1,124.50
- Multiple
- 2.65×
- Verdict band
- brand premium (2.00× < … ≤ 4.00×)
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 (€0.25/cl × 70 cl)
- €17.50
- Maturation (21 × €1.20/year)
- €54.72
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.10
- Cost floor
- €79.44
- Process distinctnesspartial estate barley / floor malting on site; 2.5x distillation (paper); on-site floor malting (paper); dunnage warehousing; own malting/bottling integration; mothballed 1979-19893 / 3
- Cask provenancecask type not declared on bottle; partial single-estate malt0 / 3
- Bottling integrity46.0% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed2 / 3
- OwnershipJ&A Mitchell (Mitchell family) — family multigenerational3 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1828 (198 years of operation); mothballed 1979-19892 / 3
- Reputation4.47/5 across 15 reviews1 / 3
- Quality score
- 11 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.92
- Intrinsic value
- €152.26
- Actual price (median)
- €1,124.50
- Multiple
- 7.39×
- Verdict band
- luxury premium
Maturation context
Campbeltown · rolling 12 months: 1,867 mm at Dippen (19 km). Scotland W rolling 12-month rainfall2,524 mm, +43.70% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Springbank
- Springbank 12 Years Old Cask Strength €89.27 · 0.84×
- Springbank 15 Years Old €90.43 · 0.89×
- Longrow Red €99.71 · 0.96×
- Springbank 10 Years Old €68.98 · 1.03×
- Springbank 18 Years Old €118.26 · 1.15×