If Glenfiddich Gran Reserva 21 is the bottle you reach for, the nearest thing to it at a lower price comes from the same distillery. Glenfiddich 18, $180, gives a Gran Reserva 21 drinker about 85% of what their own bottle does. Same house, three years younger, a little under half the outlay.
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