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Glen Elgin / Speyside

GLEN ELGIN Peat Finish Murray McDavid

0.86× fair value NAS rating 4.5/5 · n=2
cheapest
€39.90
whisky.fr
intrinsic
€46.60
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1

Is it worth the price?

GLEN ELGIN Peat Finish Murray McDavid is a Speyside single malt Scotch from the Glen Elgin distillery, released without an age statement. Tasters score it 4.5 out of 5 across 2 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €39.90, against a model fair price of around €46.60. That is 0.86× the model estimate — almost exactly the quality-predicted price, with no meaningful brand premium. Of the 3 Glen Elgin bottlings priced here, this is the strongest value.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
whisky.fr €39.90

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
4.50 / 5
Age
No age statement
Region
Speyside
Distillery tier
Budget
Result
Predicted price
€46.60
Actual price (median)
€39.90
Multiple
0.86×
Verdict band
fair value (0.80× < … ≤ 1.20×)

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 (NAS→5 × €1.20/year)
€6.92
Cask premium (undeclared)
+€0.00
× ABV factor
×1.05
Cost floor
€20.50

NAS treated as 5 years for maturation cost (paper convention).

Quality grade (six 0–3 axes)
  • Process distinctness
    no declared distinctive practices
    2 / 3
  • Cask provenance
    cask type not declared on bottle
    0 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    44.5% ABV; chill-filtration not disclosed; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    1 / 3
  • Ownership
    Diageo — independent or smaller group
    2 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1898 (128 years of operation)
    2 / 3
  • Reputation
    4.5/5 across 2 reviews
    2 / 3
Quality score
9 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.75
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€35.87
Actual price (median)
€39.90
Multiple
1.11×
Verdict band
fair value

Maturation context

Speyside · rolling 12 months: 593 mm at Blackhills No 2 (3 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,223 mm, +30.70% vs 1995-2024 median.

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