Is it worth the price?
GLENLIVET (The) 13 Years Old First Fill American Oak is a Speyside single malt Scotch from the Glenlivet distillery, bottled at 13 years old. Tasters score it 4.7 out of 5 across 6 reviews. It is tracked at 3 retailers, ranging from €37.05 to €44.90, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €85.90. That is 0.46× the model estimate — well below the quality-predicted price, and one of the clearer value picks in the data. Of the 7 Glenlivet bottlings priced here, this is the strongest value.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| topdrinks | €37.05 |
| whiskylodge | €39.50 |
| whisky.fr | €44.90 |
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.
- Rating
- 4.67 / 5
- Age
- 13yo
- Region
- Speyside
- Distillery tier
- Mid
- Predicted price
- €85.90
- Actual price (median)
- €39.50
- Multiple
- 0.46×
- 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 (€0.10/cl × 70 cl)
- €7.00
- Maturation (13 × €1.20/year)
- €24.39
- Cask premium (first fill bourbon)
- +€3.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.00
- Cost floor
- €34.39
- Process distinctnesslarge-volume standard production; minor closures during wars0 / 3
- Cask provenancefirst fill bourbon2 / 3
- Bottling integrity40.0% ABV; chill-filtration not disclosed; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed0 / 3
- OwnershipPernod Ricard / Chivas Brothers — production-led corporate1 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1824 (202 years of operation); closures during wars2 / 3
- Reputation4.6667/5 across 6 reviews1 / 3
- Quality score
- 6 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.50
- Intrinsic value
- €51.58
- Actual price (median)
- €39.50
- Multiple
- 0.77×
- Verdict band
- hidden gem
Maturation context
Speyside · rolling 12 months: 727 mm at Delnashaugh (6 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,223 mm, +30.70% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Glenlivet
- GLENLIVET (The) Founders Reserve €27.73 · 0.51×
- GLENLIVET (The) 18 Years Old Batch Reserve €86.31 · 0.55×
- GLENLIVET (The) 15 Years Old French Oak Reserve €71.91 · 0.64×
- GLENLIVET (The) Captain's Reserve €40.25 · 0.81×
- GLENLIVET (The) 21 Years Old €272.00 · 1.41×
- GLENLIVET (The) 25 Years Old €499.00 · 1.92×