Is it worth the price?
TALISKER 10 Years Old is an Island single malt Scotch from the Talisker distillery, bottled at 10 years old. Tasters score it 4.8 out of 5 across 17 reviews. It is tracked at 3 retailers, ranging from €44.25 to €59.90, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €47.12. That is 1.18× 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 Talisker bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| topdrinks | €44.25 |
| thewhiskyshop | €55.45 |
| 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.
- Rating
- 4.76 / 5
- Age
- 10yo
- Region
- Island
- Distillery tier
- Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
- Predicted price
- €47.12
- Actual price (median)
- €55.45
- Multiple
- 1.18×
- 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 (10 × €1.20/year)
- €16.69
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.15
- Cost floor
- €30.33
- Process distinctnessno declared distinctive practices2 / 3
- Cask provenancecask type not declared on bottle0 / 3
- Bottling integrity45.8% ABV; chill-filtration not disclosed; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed1 / 3
- OwnershipDiageo (prestige range) — independent or smaller group2 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1830 (196 years of operation)3 / 3
- Reputation4.7647/5 across 17 reviews2 / 3
- Quality score
- 10 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.83
- Intrinsic value
- €55.61
- Actual price (median)
- €55.45
- Multiple
- 1.00×
- Verdict band
- fair value
Maturation context
Island · rolling 12 months: 4,533 mm at Allt Dearg House (10 km). Scotland W rolling 12-month rainfall2,416 mm, +33.30% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Talisker
- TALISKER Port Ruighe €46.20 · 1.05×
- TALISKER Distillers Edition €56.40 · 1.18×
- TALISKER 10 Years Old Coffret 2 verres €59.90 · 1.27×