Hand a Macallan 12 Double Cask drinker a Dalmore 18 and they come away with about 90% of what they like. Run it the other way and the trade stalls: hand a Dalmore 18 drinker the Macallan and they'd put only 79% of their own bottle's price on it, marking it down mostly for being younger than theirs. The swap works going one way and not back.
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