Is it worth the price?
Glencadam 13 Years Old is a Highland single malt Scotch from the Glencadam distillery, bottled at 13 years old. Tasters score it 4.3 out of 5 across 120 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €54.95, against a model fair price of around €90.12. That is 0.61× 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. Of the 3 Glencadam bottlings priced here, this is the strongest value.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| topdrinks | €54.95 |
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
- 4.27 / 5
- Age
- 13yo
- Region
- Highland
- Distillery tier
- Budget Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
- Predicted price
- €90.12
- Actual price (median)
- €54.95
- Multiple
- 0.61×
- Verdict band
- hidden gem (≤ 0.80×)
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 (13 × €1.20/year)
- €24.39
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.00
- Cost floor
- €36.99
- Process distinctnessclassic Highland production; reawakened as single malt 20031 / 3
- Cask provenancecask type not declared on bottle0 / 3
- Bottling integrityABV not declared; chill-filtration not disclosed; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed0 / 3
- OwnershipAngus Dundee Distillers (independent) — independent or smaller group2 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1825 (201 years of operation)3 / 3
- Reputation4.27/5 across 120 reviews0 / 3
- Quality score
- 6 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.50
- Intrinsic value
- €55.48
- Actual price (median)
- €54.95
- Multiple
- 0.99×
- 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.
Other bottlings from Glencadam
- Glencadam 10 Years Old €40.50 · 0.72×
- Glencadam 18 Years Old €158.87 · 1.37×