1/The Chita is Suntory's single-grain, the light one in the Japanese line-up, and it's crossed a hundred dollars. It's $111 at Dan Murphy's this morning, up from $99.95 last Thursday.
2/Its own CE 360° jury of ten comparable bottles reads The Chita at about $97, with a ceiling near $98. At $111 it's sitting a step past the top of that band — dearer than its peer group scores it.
3/The whisky is the same easy, soft grain it was under a hundred. Light orchard fruit with a tropical edge, made for a long highball. Nothing in the glass has moved; the sticker has.
4/Only a small step over fair value, but a step the wrong way for a bottle that was under $100 a week ago. Worth holding for the round number to come back. What's it 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 | 103.99 observed | 103.99 m 99.00 observed | 103.99 m 99.00 observed | 99.95 m 99.00 observed | 99.95 observed | 110.99 observed | 110.99 observed | 110.99 observed | 98.90 observed | 98.90 observed | 98.90 observed | 98.90 observed | 102.99 observed |
| basis | mean | median | sd | min | max | range | cv | se mean | latest | own-range pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| list | 103.34 | 102.99 | 4.82 | 98.90 | 110.99 | 12.09 | 4.7% | 1.34 | 102.99 | 54 |
| member | 102.50 | 99.00 | 5.11 | 98.90 | 110.99 | 12.09 | 5.0% | 1.42 | 102.99 | 69 |
| moments | m1 mean | m2 var | m3 skew | m4 ex-kurt | 95% band of the mean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| list | 103.34 | 23.23 | 0.8 | -0.84 | 100.7 – 106.0 |
Two whiskies at their own floor this week, and the shelf's oddest near-miss. Proper No. Twelve, the Irish blend, is $59. The Chita, Suntory's Japanese grain whisky, is $99, down from the $111 it carried in mid-September. Both plain shelf tickets, neither a members' deal.
| # | candidate | price | CEARP | price − CEARP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tomintoul Single Malt Peated Scotch Whisky 700mL | $89.99 | $97.15 | -7.16 |
| 2 | Mars Iwai Bourbon Barrel Whisky 750mL | $100.79 | $96.94 | +3.85 |
| 3 | The Gospel Solera Rye 700mL | $82.00 | $96.91 | -14.91 |
| 4 | Whipper Snapper Upshot Australian Whiskey 700mL | $99.99 | $96.87 | +3.12 |
| 5 | The Shinobu Pure Malt Japanese Whisky 700mL | $146.99 | $96.58 | +50.41 |
| 6 | Shinobu Lightly Peated Pure Malt Whiskey 700ml | $150.99 | $96.54 | +54.45 |
| 7 | The Shinobu Blended Japanese Whisky 700mL | $89.00 | $96.54 | -7.54 |
| 8 | The Gospel Straight Australian Rye Whisky 700mL | $98.99 | $96.23 | +2.76 |
| 9 | Mars Iwai Tradition Japanese Blended Whisky 750mL | $109.19 | $96.04 | +13.15 |
| 10 | Yellowstone Kentucky Straight Select Bourbon 700mL | $111.99 | $95.50 | +16.49 |