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Glen Garioch / Highland

GLEN GARIOCH Founders Reserve 1797

0.95× fair value NAS rating 5.0/5 · n=2
cheapest
€49.00
whisky.fr
intrinsic
€51.42
N
1

Is it worth the price?

GLEN GARIOCH Founders Reserve 1797 is a Highland single malt Scotch from the Glen Garioch distillery, released without an age statement. Tasters score it 5.0 out of 5 across 2 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €49.00, against a model fair price of around €51.42. That is 0.95× the model estimate — almost exactly the quality-predicted price, with no meaningful brand premium. Of the 2 Glen Garioch bottlings priced here, this is the strongest value.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
whisky.fr €49.00

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.

Inputs
Rating
5.00 / 5
Age
No age statement
Region
Highland
Distillery tier
Budget
Result
Predicted price
€51.42
Actual price (median)
€49.00
Multiple
0.95×
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
×1.20
Cost floor
€23.42

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
    48.0% ABV; non-chill-filtered inferred from ABV; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    2 / 3
  • Ownership
    Beam Suntory — independent or smaller group
    2 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1797 (229 years of operation)
    3 / 3
  • Reputation
    5.0/5 across 2 reviews
    3 / 3
Quality score
12 / 18
Quality multiplier
×2.00
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€46.85
Actual price (median)
€49.00
Multiple
1.05×
Verdict band
fair value

Maturation context

Highland · rolling 12 months: 864 mm at Inverurie (9 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,223 mm, +30.70% vs 1995-2024 median.

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