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 €128.02. 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. Of the 6 Glendronach bottlings priced here, this is the strongest value.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| topdrinks | €83.95 |
| thewhiskyshop | €102.27 |
| 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
- €128.02
- Actual price (median)
- €102.27
- Multiple
- 0.80×
- 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 (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)
- €102.27
- Multiple
- 1.18×
- Verdict band
- fair value
Maturation context
Highland · rolling 12 months: 850 mm at Avochie (10 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,298 mm, +33.30% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Glendronach
- GLENDRONACH Ode to the Dark €81.95 · 0.82×
- GLENDRONACH 12 Years Old €46.10 · 0.83×
- GLENDRONACH Ode to the Valley €67.41 · 0.91×
- GLENDRONACH 19 Years Old 1995 Oloroso Single Cask Whisky.fr €380.00 · 1.27×
- GLENDRONACH 24 Years Old 1990 Pedro Ximenez Batch 11 - Cask 1020 €800.00 · 1.70×