GLENFARCLAS 12 Years Old
Is it worth the price?
GLENFARCLAS 12 Years Old is a Speyside single malt Scotch from the Glenfarclas distillery, bottled at 12 years old. Tasters score it 4.5 out of 5 across 23 reviews. It is tracked at 3 retailers, ranging from €45.25 to €67.41, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €69.24. That is 0.97× 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 | €45.25 |
| whisky.fr | €66.90 |
| thewhiskyshop | €67.41 |
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
- 4.52 / 5
- Age
- 12yo
- Region
- Speyside
- Distillery tier
- Mid Label only — set from the distillery’s median price, not used by the model.
- Predicted price
- €69.24
- Actual price (median)
- €66.90
- Multiple
- 0.97×
- Verdict band
- fair value (0.80× < … ≤ 1.20×)
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 (€0.14/cl × 70 cl)
- €9.80
- Maturation (12 × €1.20/year)
- €21.64
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.08
- Cost floor
- €33.80
- Process distinctnessdirect fire heating (paper); dunnage warehousing; large stills2 / 3
- Cask provenancecask type not declared on bottle0 / 3
- Bottling integrity43.0% ABV; chill-filtration not disclosed; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed1 / 3
- OwnershipJ&G Grant (Grant family) — family multigenerational3 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1836 (190 years of operation)3 / 3
- Reputation4.5217/5 across 23 reviews1 / 3
- Quality score
- 10 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.83
- Intrinsic value
- €61.97
- Actual price (median)
- €66.90
- Multiple
- 1.08×
- 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.
Other bottlings from Glenfarclas
- GLENFARCLAS 105 €63.25 · 0.46×
- GLENFARCLAS Heritage €39.90 · 0.75×
- GLENFARCLAS 15 Years Old €67.25 · 0.80×
- GLENFARCLAS 10 Years Old €36.00 · 1.17×
- GLENFARCLAS 11 Years Old 2014 Sherry Cask Itinéraires €285.00 · 2.54×
- GLENFARCLAS 1968 FAMILY CASK ED #1 €4,700.00 · 2.79×