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CAOL ILA 9 Years Old 2017 1st Fill Rivesaltes Small Batch Signatory Vintage

0.95× fair value 9yo rating 4.8/5 · n=9
cheapest
€59.90
whisky.fr
intrinsic
€62.86
N
1

Is it worth the price?

CAOL ILA 9 Years Old 2017 1st Fill Rivesaltes Small Batch Signatory Vintage is an Islay single malt Scotch from the Caol Ila distillery, bottled at 9 years old. Tasters score it 4.8 out of 5 across 9 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €59.90, against a model fair price of around €62.86. That is 0.95× 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 13 Caol Ila bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
whisky.fr €59.90

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
4.78 / 5
Age
9yo
Region
Islay
Distillery tier
Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
Result
Predicted price
€62.86
Actual price (median)
€59.90
Multiple
0.95×
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 (€0.14/cl × 70 cl)
€9.80
Maturation (9 × €1.20/year)
€14.46
Cask premium (wine)
+€10.00
× ABV factor
×1.15
Cost floor
€39.40
Quality grade (six 0–3 axes)
  • Process distinctness
    large-volume Islay production; standard methods
    0 / 3
  • Cask provenance
    wine
    2 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    46.0% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    2 / 3
  • Ownership
    Diageo — production-led corporate
    1 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1846 (180 years of operation)
    3 / 3
  • Reputation
    4.7778/5 across 9 reviews
    0 / 3
Quality score
8 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.67
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€65.66
Actual price (median)
€59.90
Multiple
0.91×
Verdict band
fair value

Maturation context

Islay · rolling 12 months: 1,593 mm at Lingerton (46 km). Scotland W rolling 12-month rainfall2,416 mm, +33.30% vs 1995-2024 median.

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