The question a Glenfarclas 25 drinker asks first is simple: at $440, is this still my bottle? The short answer is yes, and mostly only yours. At $440 it sits above what the drinkers of the bottles nearest it would pay, which is another way of saying it fits its own fans and pinches everyone else. It's priced for them.
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