Is it worth the price?
TORMORE 16 Years Old is a Speyside single malt Scotch from the Tormore distillery, bottled at 16 years old. Tasters score it 5.0 out of 5 across 2 reviews. It is tracked at 2 retailers, ranging from €97.62 to €98.00, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €103.59. That is 0.94× 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.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| inverurie | €97.62 |
| whisky.fr | €98.00 |
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
- 5.00 / 5
- Age
- 16yo
- Region
- Speyside
- Distillery tier
- Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
- Predicted price
- €103.59
- Actual price (median)
- €97.81
- Multiple
- 0.94×
- 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 (€0.14/cl × 70 cl)
- €9.80
- Maturation (16 × €1.20/year)
- €33.86
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.17
- Cost floor
- €51.08
- Process distinctnesscopper purifiers on the lyne arms; 60-110h fermentation; 11 washbacks across three rooms incl. the clock tower; cask-strength fill varied by wood type; unpeated; purpose-built 1958-602 / 3
- Cask provenancecask type not declared on bottle0 / 3
- Bottling integrity46.8% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed2 / 3
- OwnershipElixir Distillers — independent or smaller group2 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1959 (67 years of operation)2 / 3
- Reputation5.0/5 across 2 reviews3 / 3
- Quality score
- 11 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.92
- Intrinsic value
- €97.90
- Actual price (median)
- €97.81
- Multiple
- 1.00×
- Verdict band
- fair value
Maturation context
Speyside · rolling 12 months: 749 mm at Tulchan (2 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,298 mm, +33.30% vs 1995-2024 median.