1/What are you paying for in Royal Salute 21? Price its features the way the rest of the range at Dan Murphy's is priced and you get a going rate of $260. This week it is $210. That is about 19% under the going rate for what it is made of.
2/That $260 is mostly age, at 52%. The name on the label is 31%. Sherry and dried fruit add 12%, strength the last 5%. So more than half the going rate is the years in the cask.
3/Its own drinker weighs the same features differently. Age is 72% of what they value, sherry and dried fruit 14%, the name 13%. The going rate leans on age too, just less. In the glass: orchard fruit, a hint of passion fruit, thick and chewy with a little nut to finish.
4/Want a stand-in that costs more? Chivas Regal 25 is $646 this week and gives a Royal Salute 21 drinker about 84% of what the 21 does. At home that is $29.24 a pour against $9.51. More is not always better. Both earn a yes: the 21 for most, the 25 for the extra polish.
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