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Glencadam / Highland

Glencadam 10 Years Old

0.72× hidden gem 10yo rating 4.2/5 · n=100
cheapest
€40.50
topdrinks
intrinsic
€56.20
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1

Is it worth the price?

Glencadam 10 Years Old is a Highland single malt Scotch from the Glencadam distillery, bottled at 10 years old. Tasters score it 4.2 out of 5 across 100 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €40.50, against a model fair price of around €56.20. That is 0.72× 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 3 Glencadam bottlings priced here; the others are compared below.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
topdrinks €40.50

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
4.16 / 5
Age
10yo
Region
Highland
Distillery tier
Budget Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
Result
Predicted price
€56.20
Actual price (median)
€40.50
Multiple
0.72×
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 (€0.18/cl × 70 cl)
€12.60
Maturation (10 × €1.20/year)
€16.69
Cask premium (undeclared)
+€0.00
× ABV factor
×1.00
Cost floor
€29.29
Quality grade (six 0–3 axes)
  • Process distinctness
    classic Highland production; reawakened as single malt 2003
    1 / 3
  • Cask provenance
    cask type not declared on bottle
    0 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    ABV not declared; chill-filtration not disclosed; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    0 / 3
  • Ownership
    Angus Dundee Distillers (independent) — independent or smaller group
    2 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1825 (201 years of operation)
    3 / 3
  • Reputation
    4.16/5 across 100 reviews
    0 / 3
Quality score
6 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.50
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€43.93
Actual price (median)
€40.50
Multiple
0.92×
Verdict band
fair value

Maturation context

Highland · rolling 12 months: 694 mm at Montrose (11 km). Scotland E rolling 12-month rainfall1,667 mm, +37.40% vs 1995-2024 median.

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