1/Put all 161 Scotch bottles on one shelf and the spread runs the full distance: from bottles sitting dead on their own CE 360 number to one asking half again over it. The whole country, priced against itself.
2/The value all pools at the blended base. Dimple 12 at $54 and Dewar's White at $69 anchor the fair end, both a fraction over their juries, and nothing across all 161 dips below its own mark.
3/Scotland's pooled words are the national profile in miniature: whisky, smoke, peat and sherry, the word Speyside itself surfacing. A country that tastes of its regions blurred together.
4/The dear end is where the badges gather. Chivas Regal Ultis tops the country at $296, half again over its jury; Talisker Port Ruighe ($149), Bunnahabhain Stiuireadair ($108) and the Compass Box Peat Monster ($102) crowd in behind, each a third or more over.
5/So the honest read of the whole Scotch wall: the cheap blends are the fair buys and the prestige tier pays the name. Fairer everyday choice, the $54 Dimple or the $69 Dewar's? (Dan Murphy's, this Thursday.)
2026-08-06-replay/whole-shelf/scotland-country-7d267a, vintage 2026-08-06.r. Gap basis: percentage.Whole Shelf, Scotland (country), vintage 2026-08-06.r. Gap basis percentage. Coverage 161 of 161 members priced live (100%). This is the country-level scope, a superset of the Scottish regions; ce_gap_pct is each bottle's premium over its own CE 360 mean; 'hot' is closest to fair value. Sources holds the ranked cut.
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