1/The Balvenie Stories 21 'The Second Red Rose' is a $727 bottle on the shelf this week — top-tier Speyside, priced like a trophy.
2/The engine's second-closest match on make-up is another Scottish 21-year-old single malt: the Glenfiddich Gran Reserva 21, at $299. Same country, same style, $428 apart. The Glenfiddich is $299 now, where it sat at $331 when we last looked.
3/The Gran Reserva 21 is Glenfiddich's rum-cask-finished old statement — two decades in oak pointed at the glass rather than the display cabinet. Not the Red Rose's cask pedigree, but close company by profile.
4/Not the same whisky, and the Balvenie's rarity is real. It's profile geometry: the model ranks the Gran Reserva second of the Red Rose's matches. $727 for the Balvenie, or $299 for the Glenfiddich 21? What's the 21 going for near you?
| slot | 08-13 | 08-20 | 08-27 | 09-03 | 09-10 | 09-17 | 09-24 | 10-01 | 10-08 | 10-15 | 10-22 | 10-29 | 11-05 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| list / member | · | · | · | · | · | · | 726.99 observed | 726.99 observed | 726.99 observed | 726.99 observed | 726.99 observed | 726.99 observed | 726.99 observed |
| basis | mean | median | sd | min | max | range | cv | se mean | latest | own-range pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| list | 726.99 | 726.99 | 0.00 | 726.99 | 726.99 | 0.00 | 0.0% | 0.00 | 726.99 | 100 |
| member | 726.99 | 726.99 | 0.00 | 726.99 | 726.99 | 0.00 | 0.0% | 0.00 | 726.99 | 100 |
| moments | m1 mean | m2 var | m3 skew | m4 ex-kurt | 95% band of the mean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| list | 726.99 | 0.00 | n < 8 | n < 8 | 727.0 – 727.0 |
Two 21-year-olds, side by side. Glen Moray 21 costs $12 more a bottle than Glenfiddich Gran Reserva 21, but at 46.3% against 40% it's the cheaper drink: $13.41 a standard drink against $14.98. They rhyme more than they differ: one on Tawny Port, summer berries and honey, the other on toffee, dried fruit and a Cuban rum cask. Across the group the pour runs from $8.14 for the Glenfiddich 18 to $27.37 for the Balvenie Stories 21. Want the Port and the strength? Glen Moray 21, $343. Want the sweeter, creamier 40%? Gran Reserva, $331.
| # | candidate | price | CEARP | price − CEARP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Balvenie The Balvenie 21 Year Old Portwood Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $452.99 | $670.02 | -217.03 |
| 2 | Glenfiddich Gran Reserva 21 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $298.95 | $655.76 | -356.81 |
| 3 | Glen Moray 21 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $342.99 | $647.00 | -304.01 |
| 4 | Craigellachie 23 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $799.99 | $640.18 | +159.81 |
| 5 | Craigellachie 19YO Single Malt Whisky 700ml | $375.99 | $639.26 | -263.27 |
| 6 | Tomintoul 21 Years Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $368.99 | $631.02 | -262.03 |
| 7 | The Macallan Double Cask 18 Years Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $635.99 | $617.82 | +18.17 |
| 8 | Glen Moray 18 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $163.99 | $613.48 | -449.49 |
| 9 | Tomintoul 25YO Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $732.99 | $608.10 | +124.89 |
| 10 | Glenfiddich 14YO Bourbon Res 700ml | $129.99 | $548.08 | -418.09 |