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Glenfarclas / Speyside

GLENFARCLAS 10 Years Old

1.17× fair value 10yo rating 4.1/5 · n=7
cheapest
€36.00
topdrinks
intrinsic
€41.29
N
4

Is it worth the price?

GLENFARCLAS 10 Years Old is a Speyside single malt Scotch from the Glenfarclas distillery, bottled at 10 years old. Tasters score it 4.1 out of 5 across 7 reviews. It is tracked at 4 retailers, ranging from €36.00 to €52.30, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €41.29. That is 1.17× the model estimate — almost exactly what its age, strength and house predict, with no meaningful brand premium. 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 €36.00
whiskylodge €47.50
whisky.fr €48.90
thewhiskyshop €52.30

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
4.14 / 5
Age
10yo
Region
Speyside
Distillery tier
Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
Result
Predicted price
€41.29
Actual price (median)
€48.20
Multiple
1.17×
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 (€0.14/cl × 70 cl)
€9.80
Maturation (10 × €1.20/year)
€16.69
Cask premium (undeclared)
+€0.00
× ABV factor
×1.00
Cost floor
€26.49
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
    40.0% ABV; chill-filtration not disclosed; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    0 / 3
  • Ownership
    J&G Grant (Grant family) — family multigenerational
    3 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1836 (190 years of operation)
    3 / 3
  • Reputation
    4.1429/5 across 7 reviews
    1 / 3
Quality score
9 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.75
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€46.36
Actual price (median)
€48.20
Multiple
1.04×
Verdict band
fair value

Maturation context

Speyside · rolling 12 months: 781 mm at Delnashaugh (4 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,298 mm, +33.30% vs 1995-2024 median.

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