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Glenfarclas / Speyside

GLENFARCLAS 15 Years Old

0.80× hidden gem 15yo rating 4.6/5 · n=31
cheapest
€67.25
topdrinks
intrinsic
€116.84
N
4

Is it worth the price?

GLENFARCLAS 15 Years Old is a Speyside single malt Scotch from the Glenfarclas distillery, bottled at 15 years old. Tasters score it 4.6 out of 5 across 31 reviews. It is tracked at 4 retailers, ranging from €67.25 to €95.00, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €116.84. That is 0.80× the model estimate — well below what its age, strength and house predict, and one of the clearer value picks in the data. 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 7 Glenfarclas bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
topdrinks €67.25
thewhiskyshop €90.84
whisky.fr €95.00
whiskylodge €95.00

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
4.58 / 5
Age
15yo
Region
Speyside
Distillery tier
Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
Result
Predicted price
€116.84
Actual price (median)
€92.92
Multiple
0.80×
Verdict band
hidden gem (≤ 0.80×)

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 (15 × €1.20/year)
€30.48
Cask premium (undeclared)
+€0.00
× ABV factor
×1.15
Cost floor
€46.32
Quality grade (six 0–3 axes)
  • Process distinctness
    direct fire heating (paper); dunnage warehousing; large stills
    2 / 3
  • Cask provenance
    cask type not declared on bottle
    0 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    46.0% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    2 / 3
  • Ownership
    J&G Grant (Grant family) — family multigenerational
    3 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1836 (190 years of operation)
    3 / 3
  • Reputation
    4.5806/5 across 31 reviews
    1 / 3
Quality score
11 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.92
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€88.79
Actual price (median)
€92.92
Multiple
1.05×
Verdict band
fair value

Maturation context

Speyside · rolling 12 months: 781 mm at Delnashaugh (4 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,323 mm, +37.30% vs 1995-2024 median.

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