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Originally Posted by Wormius
So what drives that price so high for some older scotches? The year it was produced what just an exceptional tasting scotch, and nothing to do with the actual age of the scotch, except for the increasing rarity as time goes on.
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The age of a scotch represents the number of years between when it was distilled and when it was bottled. So an 18yo scotch spent 18 years in the barrel before being bottled. If it's a blend, then that 18yo would represent the age of the youngest scotch in the blend at time of bottling, but there could have been ones that spent even more time in barrel.
That number of years just spend sitting in a barrel makes well-aged scotch a long investment for the producer. Imagine making a product and then just having sit there literally for decades before you can sell it. That's basically what leads to the higher costs.