GLENDRONACH 15 Years Old
Is it worth the price?
GLENDRONACH 15 Years Old is a Highland single malt Scotch from the Glendronach distillery, bottled at 15 years old. Tasters score it 5.0 out of 5 across 4 reviews. It is tracked at 3 retailers, ranging from €83.95 to €114.00, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €125.61. That is 0.83× 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. Of the 6 Glendronach bottlings priced here, this is the strongest value.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| topdrinks | €83.95 |
| thewhiskyshop | €103.82 |
| whisky.fr | €114.00 |
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
- 15yo
- Region
- Highland
- Distillery tier
- Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
- Predicted price
- €125.61
- Actual price (median)
- €103.82
- Multiple
- 0.83×
- 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 (15 × €1.20/year)
- €30.48
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.15
- Cost floor
- €49.54
- Process distinctnessclassic sherry maturation focus; closed 1996-20021 / 3
- Cask provenancecask type not declared on bottle0 / 3
- Bottling integrity46.0% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed2 / 3
- OwnershipBrown-Forman — production-led corporate1 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1826 (200 years of operation); closed 1996-20022 / 3
- Reputation5.0/5 across 4 reviews3 / 3
- Quality score
- 9 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.75
- Intrinsic value
- €86.70
- Actual price (median)
- €103.82
- Multiple
- 1.20×
- Verdict band
- fair value
Maturation context
Highland · rolling 12 months: 850 mm at Avochie (10 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,323 mm, +37.30% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Glendronach
- GLENDRONACH Ode to the Dark €81.95 · 0.85×
- GLENDRONACH 12 Years Old €46.10 · 0.85×
- GLENDRONACH Ode to the Valley €68.43 · 0.93×
- GLENDRONACH 19 Years Old 1995 Oloroso Single Cask Whisky.fr €380.00 · 1.32×
- GLENDRONACH 24 Years Old 1990 Pedro Ximenez Batch 11 - Cask 1020 €800.00 · 1.81×