If sherried single malt is very much your thing, then GlenDronach is a name you should get to know very well. The distillery resides in the Highlands, busily working away on some incredible expressions, with sherried malt sitting at the core of many of them. This particular dram, The GlenDronach 12 Year Old, is allowed to age in a combination of Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez casks from Spain, resulting in generous helpings of dried fruit and Christmas spice running through it.
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Rich cereals, struck match, raisin, cinnamon, caramelised sugar. Opens with some sweeter PX and lots of delicious raw ginger before becoming creamier with hazelnuts.
Fruits, peels, buttery. Pain au chocolat, a little marmalade on toast before becoming firmer and nuttier with spiced raisins.
Smoky toffee and nut brittle.
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Forget all the nuts, raisins, apples and spices aroma. Suffice it to say that the complex aromatics will remind you of the smell of nanny's kid leather gloves, or your first girlfriend's hair if you want it to. What's important is the taste, and this is a good, old fashioned sherried whisky like they used to make it. Like The Macallan used to be before they cheaped out on their storage casks, or Highland Park before they did the same and started claiming some nonexistent Viking heritage. It's whisky guys; get over yourselves! In my book it falls into two broad categories: drinkable or burn-your-throat nasty. This GlenDronach definitely falls into the first category, and then some. Single malt whisky the way it used to be made, and proof that it can still be made that way. What more could one want?
Absolutely gorgeous. I've always thought of myself as an Islay man but this pulling me further east.
I am not really in these Sherry whisky. I actually do not understand why so many people love that, since it taste a Kind of a mix Between whisky and Porto. Anyway, a friend of mine promessed me this one is not too Sherry and is so well balanced i should like it. I have to admit it is well balanced and quiet good. A nice creamy spicyness, very warm in the throat, long finish. Always to Sherry for my taste, but if you like that, juste buy it.
I find that most whiskies that depend quite heavily on sherry butts are a bit one note. Not here. GlenDronach 12 has a fantastic depth and a richness that makes it a stand out for me. I'll take this dram any day over so many other bottles. Try it. You won't be sorry.
My second cherried whisky, and my second whisky disappointment. Nose is nice, though a bit simple. But the taste is just bitterness and nothing else.
