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Talisker / Island

TALISKER Distillers Edition

1.18× fair value NAS rating 4.4/5 · n=15
cheapest
€56.40
topdrinks
intrinsic
€57.23
N
4

Is it worth the price?

TALISKER Distillers Edition is an Island single malt Scotch from the Talisker distillery, released without an age statement. Tasters score it 4.4 out of 5 across 15 reviews. It is tracked at 4 retailers, ranging from €56.40 to €75.00, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €57.23. 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 €56.40
whiskylodge €64.00
thewhiskyshop €70.79
whisky.fr €75.00

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.

Inputs
Rating
4.40 / 5
Age
No age statement
Region
Island
Distillery tier
Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
Result
Predicted price
€57.23
Actual price (median)
€67.40
Multiple
1.18×
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 (NAS→5 × €1.20/year)
€6.92
Cask premium (undeclared)
+€0.00
× ABV factor
×1.15
Cost floor
€19.14

NAS treated as 5 years for maturation cost (paper convention).

Quality grade (six 0–3 axes)
  • Process distinctness
    no declared distinctive practices
    2 / 3
  • Cask provenance
    cask type not declared on bottle
    0 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    45.8% ABV; chill-filtration not disclosed; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    1 / 3
  • Ownership
    Diageo (prestige range) — independent or smaller group
    2 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1830 (196 years of operation)
    3 / 3
  • Reputation
    4.4/5 across 15 reviews
    2 / 3
Quality score
10 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.83
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€35.10
Actual price (median)
€67.40
Multiple
1.92×
Verdict band
mild premium

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.

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