The bottle most like The GlenDronach 15 Revival, for less money, comes from the same distillery. The Glendronach 12 is $119. To a GlenDronach 15 Revival drinker it gives about 96% of what their own bottle does. Same house, same hand, a smaller number on the label. That is the whole story of this week, and the rest is detail.
What's in the glass
The GlenDronach 15 Revival is back after three years away, held back by a shortage of stock. It's matured in Pedro Ximénez and oloroso sherry casks, and it drinks like it. The nose is rich with sherry, ripe cherries, walnuts, milk chocolate and marzipan, with a savoury edge underneath. Full-bodied on the palate: spicy damsons, cinnamon, dried fruits, dark chocolate. The finish is long, cloves and blackcurrants. A sherried dram that doesn't hold back.
What to pay
It's $176 at Dan Murphy's this week. That's where it usually sells, around $176, so this is the going rate rather than a moment. Worked out by the pour, that's about $6.93 a standard drink across roughly 25 in the bottle. A pint at the pub runs about $6.28 a standard drink. So a nip of this at home lands just over a pint, if that's a yardstick that helps you.
What its neighbours would pay
Here's a different question. What would the drinkers of the bottles nearest The GlenDronach 15 Revival pay for it, each starting from what they already pay for their own?
Across those drinkers, the answers run from $86 to $293. A wide spread. The one who marks it down hardest is the Edradour 10 drinker, who lands at about $86, around 77% of what their own bottle costs them. They knock it back for being older than theirs, and for the sherry and dried fruit.
Turn it around and the gap narrows. A GlenDronach 15 Revival drinker puts an Edradour 10 at about 83% of their own bottle, marking it down for being younger than theirs, and again for the sherry and dried fruit. Close, from both sides, just not identical.
At $176, this week's price sits inside what the drinkers of the bottles nearest it would pay.
Three that stand in
| Bottle | Price | For a Revival drinker |
|---|---|---|
| The Glendronach 12 | $119 | about 96% of what the Revival does |
| Tamdhu 15 | $202 | about 95% |
| Glenfarclas 15 | $130 | about 94% |
The Glendronach 12 is the one. At $119 it usually sells around $119, and we've seen it between $100 and $119. For a GlenDronach 15 Revival drinker it does about 96% of the job for 68% of the price. Same distillery, less sherry crowding the glass, more of the spirit showing through.
The Tamdhu 15 is $202. Molasses and orange peel on the nose, prickly oak spice, then sweet sherry, Turkish Delight, fruitcake and toffee, with cinnamon and dark chocolate to close. About 95% of the job, at 115% of the Revival's price. The sibling it isn't, but a near thing in the glass.
The Glenfarclas 15 is $130, and that's where it usually sells, with the range we've seen running $130 to $195. Dried fruits, toffee, a hint of leather, warming spices, non-chill filtered. About 94% of the job for 74% of the price. By the pour it's about $5.12 a standard drink, under a pint.
Who it's for
If The GlenDronach 15 Revival is already your bottle, nothing here changes that. $176 is the going rate and it drinks like it should.
If you came for the sherried GlenDronach style but not the price, the 12 from the same distillery is the short walk: $119, and 96% of the way there. If you want the same weight of dried fruit and spice from elsewhere, the Glenfarclas 15 holds its own at $130. And if you're chasing the fullest sherry note and the price is no object, the Tamdhu 15 is waiting at $202.
So the real question isn't whether the Revival is worth $176. It's whether you need the 15 on the label, or just what's in the glass. Which one are you buying?
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