1/What are we paying for in The Glenlivet 15? Price its age, strength, name and style the way the rest of the range at Dan Murphy's is priced, and we land near $118. This week it is $153, about 30% over the going rate for its features.
2/That $118 going rate is mostly age, which carries 65% of it, with being a single malt adding 12%, its strength another 9%, and a thread of sherry and dried fruit 7%. Those are the features the going rate can see, and the years account for most of it.
3/What the going rate can't see is tropical fruit, and that is where The Glenlivet 15 is strongest: a hint of pineapple sitting under the orchard apple, pear and soft white pepper. None of the features that set the going rate carries a price for it.
4/If you want to spend more, the Glenlivet 18 is $170 this week and gives a Glenlivet 15 drinker about 95% of what the 15 does, the pineapple turned tinned with a cedar note added. More is not always more, and both are a yes: one for the bench, one for the quiet winter pour.
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