Is it worth the price?
LAGAVULIN 8 Years Old is an Islay single malt Scotch from the Lagavulin distillery, bottled at 8 years old. Tasters score it 4.6 out of 5 across 24 reviews. It is tracked at 5 retailers, ranging from €49.40 to €185.00, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €59.93. That is 1.12× 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 5 Lagavulin bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| topdrinks | €49.40 |
| Système U | €55.45 |
| thewhiskyshop | €67.25 |
| whisky.fr | €72.00 |
| whiskylodge | €185.00 |
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
- 4.63 / 5
- Age
- 8yo
- Region
- Islay
- Distillery tier
- Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
- Predicted price
- €59.93
- Actual price (median)
- €67.25
- Multiple
- 1.12×
- 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 (€0.18/cl × 70 cl)
- €12.60
- Maturation (8 × €1.20/year)
- €12.37
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.20
- Cost floor
- €29.97
- Process distinctnessno declared distinctive practices2 / 3
- Cask provenancecask type not declared on bottle0 / 3
- Bottling integrity48.0% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed2 / 3
- OwnershipDiageo (prestige range) — independent or smaller group2 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1816 (210 years of operation)3 / 3
- Reputation4.625/5 across 24 reviews3 / 3
- Quality score
- 12 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×2.00
- Intrinsic value
- €59.94
- Actual price (median)
- €67.25
- Multiple
- 1.12×
- Verdict band
- fair value
Maturation context
Islay · rolling 12 months: 1,849 mm at Dippen (40 km). Scotland W rolling 12-month rainfall2,416 mm, +33.30% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Lagavulin
- LAGAVULIN 16 Years Old €69.25 · 0.52×
- LAGAVULIN 12 Years Old Fireside Tales Special Release 2024 €185.00 · 1.17×
- LAGAVULIN 12 Years Old 12th Release Of €185.00 · 1.23×
- LAGAVULIN Distillers Edition €97.80 · 1.29×