Description
Established in 1826 by James Allardice the Glendronach distillery was one of the first licensed distilleries in Scotland.
The GlenDronach is borne of the landscape and natural ingredients that surround, from the soft Highland water drawn from the underwater springs in the Balnoon hills to the Scottish malted barley sourced from our trusted partners.
The hallmark of the distillery is the marriage of robust Highland spirit with the finest Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso sherry casks from Andalucia in Spain.
This exquisite duality brings exceptional depth, complexity, and character to their whiskies.
Each year Master Distiller, Billy Walker, specially selects a handful of individual cask from the warehouse at GlenDronach Distillery, to be bottled as the GlenDronach ‘Limited Release’.
With maturing whiskies dating back as far as 1968, there is a vast selection of barrels, hogsheds, puncheons and butts to choose from.
Each of the casks display truly remarkable characteristic – the malt whisky contained within having developed exceptionally during the long maturation process.
Individually numbered by hand, each vintage release is an exclusive one-off, with only a limited number of bottles available.
These exceptional expressions are a fantastic representation of the style of whiskies maturing in the GlenDronach Distillery warehouses, and are smooth, well balanced and tremendously complex.
Each dram is guaranteed to delight and inspire.
Aromas are of dark chocolate, cherries, orange marmalade, roasted coffee beans, musty wood, ginger, hint of rum cake.
On the palate again dark chocolate and candied orange are prominent, Christmas cake, brown sugar, oak, cinnamon, clove, hint of cherry cough syrup.
The finish is an oaky orange marmalade with ginger and nutty sourdough.
Bottle Information Distilled – December 1992 Bottled – September 2012 Cask Number – 261 Bottles Produced – 568 Cask Type – Pedro Ximenz Sherry Puncheon The Finer Details Style – Scotch Whisky Country – Scotland Bottle Size – 700ml ABV – 54.9%
