1/Talisker Port Ruighe, $149 at Dan Murphy's this Thursday. That price sits about fifty-five percent over the fair value its own 360° jury gives it — the widest gap on the whole Islands shelf, and a live figure, not a stale one.
2/Pull back and the shelf is calmer than that one ticket suggests. Ten bottles from Skye, Jura, Orkney and Raasay, all ten priced live this week, each held against its own jury number in percent. The shelf runs $62 to $156, so percent reads truer than dollars.
3/The least-over end. Highland Park 12 at $109 lands under two percent past its jury, the tightest live figure here. Johnnie Walker Double Black at $76 sits near three. Talisker Storm at $110, a touch under five. Closest to fair value — not one of them a discount.
4/Nothing on this shelf dips under its own number, so read "hot" as least-over, never a bargain. Talisker 10 at $123 and the Johnnie Walker 18 at $179 round out the near end, both between five and seven percent over.
5/The dear end, after Port Ruighe. Jura's Rum Cask Finish at $84 runs about ten percent over. Isle of Raasay at $122, near nine. Then the Jura 12 at $100 and the Isle of Skye 8 at $53, both around seven and a half.
6/So Port Ruighe stands alone. Fifty-five percent is more than double the next gap on the shelf, and it's a genuine live extreme — not a data artefact, not a carried price. The port-cask finish carries a tax the plainer Taliskers don't.
7/The shelf's pooled reviews keep circling one word: distinctive. Coastal, a little fizzy, the odd surprise. Talisker sets the tone. Shelf character, not a note on any one bottle.
claims row.| End | Item | Price | Gap % | Priced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hot 1 | Highland Park 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $109 | +1.84% | observed 2026-09-10 |
| Hot 2 | Johnnie Walker Double Black Blended Scotch Whisky 700mL | $76 | +3.34% | observed 2026-09-10 |
| Hot 3 | Talisker Storm Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $110 | +4.96% | observed 2026-09-10 |
| (hot) | Talisker 10 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $123 | +5.28% | observed 2026-09-10 |
| (hot) | Johnnie Walker 18 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky 700mL | $179 | +6.62% | observed 2026-09-10 |
| Cold 1 | Talisker Port Ruighe Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $149 | +54.81% | observed 2026-09-10 |
| Cold 2 | Jura Scotch Whisky Rum Cask Finish 700mL | $84 | +10.17% | observed 2026-09-10 |
| Cold 3 | Isle of Raasay Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $122 | +8.57% | observed 2026-09-10 |
| (cold) | Jura 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL | $100 | +7.62% | observed 2026-09-10 |
| (cold) | Isle Of Skye 8 Years Old Blended Scotch Whisky 700mL | $53 | +7.62% | observed 2026-09-10 |
None recorded.
None recorded.
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