1/Ten single malts were asked what Talisker Port Ruighe is worth, scored on flavour make-up. The average answer came back around $76. The shelf wants $149 for it this week — a members' price of $133 has just lapsed.
2/So it's back to carrying a big premium. The engine's single closest match on profile, ranked 1st of the lot, is Starward Unexpeated, a port-and-peat Australian single malt, at $75.
3/And $75 is about what Starward should cost: its own jury reads it near $66, so you're paying roughly market, not a premium. Same idea in the glass, smoke wrapped in wine-cask fruit, for $74 less.
4/Not the same whisky, and not a like-for-like pour. It's profile geometry: the model says the two sit in the same corner. Talisker Port Ruighe at $149, or the Starward at $75? What's it going for near you?
2026-08-20-replay/value-pick/talisker-port-ruighe-single-malt-scotch-whisky-700ml-starwar-fbdd72, grounded on vintage 2026-08-20.r; harvest pair base 2026-08-13, latest 2026-08-20.talisker-port-ruighe-single-malt-scotch-neighbourhood.md; ten-member jury; gap over consensus 42.6% = 99th percentile).starward-unexpeated-single-malt-australi-neighbourhood.md; gap 11.7% = 63rd percentile).params.still_stands is true here (the reference did not come back down and the stand-in did not rise), so the pick is drafted; the sibling value-pick candidate this cycle (Starward Panettone / For Peat's Sake) had still_stands: false and is omitted, named below.Value pick, automated light form. The module payload carries two shelf tickets, the engine's ranks, the saving and the week's event; it does NOT carry the reference's CE 360 jury, so the ten-seats open below is read from the 2026-08-20.r dossier for Talisker Port Ruighe (mean $76.31), not written from memory. The trigger is the reference getting dearer: a My Dan Murphy's member offer on Talisker Port Ruighe lapsed ($133 member last week → $149 shelf this week) — disclosed as an offer ending, not a repricing. Shelf basis this week. Candidate ranks in the reference's CE top-5 (CE rank 3, VSM rank 1).
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