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The Balvenie The Balvenie 21 Year Old Portwood9 outlines · excitement 0.4 · shelf of 2026-11-05

The Balvenie The Balvenie 21 Year Old Portwood Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL. One outline per editorial type: what each would say about this bottle this week. Outlines are placeholders, not published pieces. This bottle also has its own page with its price history and its ten nearest.

Editorial typeSaliencePickedOutline
Article0.09yesAn article on The Balvenie The Balvenie 21 Year Old Portwood leads with its ticket of $453 against a peer median of $342, 33% above. In its 13-week window that is level with its high (earlier weeks: low $399, high $453). Its strongest flavour factor is tropical & rum cask.
Compare the pair0.68The engine's nearest neighbour to The Balvenie The Balvenie 21 Year Old Portwood ($453) is Glenfiddich Gran Reserva 21 Year Old ($328). The Balvenie The Balvenie 21 Year Old Portwood is $125 dearer; the pair piece asks whether the extra is earned. Both are Speyside single malts.
Divergence take0.17By attributes alone Chivas Regal 12 Year Old 1L is The Balvenie The Balvenie 21 Year Old Portwood's 7th nearest bottle; once price is counted the engine puts it 87th. Tickets: $453 against $82. Its peers' median is $342, so it sits 33% above them.
Hot 21 / Cold 210.36The Balvenie The Balvenie 21 Year Old Portwood is on neither the Hot 21 nor the Cold 21 this week: $453 against a fair value of $399, 14% over, which ranks 182nd hottest of 323 bottles. Its peers' median is $342, so it sits 33% above them.
KB position0.91The Balvenie The Balvenie 21 Year Old Portwood is 2nd dearest of Balvenie's 5 bottles at $453. The brand's band runs $99 to $727, median $151, a statistic. A position piece checks that band against what the knowledge base holds.
Price raid0The Balvenie The Balvenie 21 Year Old Portwood holds at $453 for the 9th week running: no price move to report. In its 13-week window that is level with its high (earlier weeks: low $399, high $453). Its peers' median is $342, so it sits 33% above them.
Similarity surprise0No surprise near The Balvenie The Balvenie 21 Year Old Portwood at $453: none of its 20 nearest bottles is recorded as another country's or another style, and the nearest is Tomintoul 21 Years Old at $340. It is a 21-year-old Speyside single malt at 40% ABV.
The whole shelf0.39On the Speyside shelf of 79 bottles The Balvenie The Balvenie 21 Year Old Portwood is 31st hottest: $453 against a fair value of $399, 14% over. The shelf's median ticket is $113. Its peers' median is $342, so it sits 33% above them.
Value pick0.73For The Balvenie The Balvenie 21 Year Old Portwood at $453, the closest cheaper neighbour is Glenfiddich Gran Reserva 21 Year Old at $328: $125 less, 28% of the ticket. The engine ranks it 1st of the ten nearest. 6 of the ten are cheaper by $5 or more.