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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For once I agree with Jim Murray on a sherried malt! This is stunning, and I'm a peat monster fan. Stupendous nose and initial palate of just about every fruit and sweet thing you'd find in a cookie jar, so much going on! I'm comparing it to Glenfarclas 12 and there is no comparison (sorry Jim, but you're wrong on that one). Finish is medium and wonderfully complex, the whole thing is just so vibrant. I'm even getting cocoa in the finish, a hint ever so subtle of a bit of smoke amongst all the vanilla, cherries, peach slices, raisins dark chocolate to name just a few! Buy it again? You bet! This and A'bundah are the two absolutely must have sherry finished malts for me!
Having tasted a few drams, this was actually a pleasant find. Beautiful sherried malt. I like to try drams, with a drop of water, chocolate or oatcakes. This was complemented I found with dark chocolate.
If you dont like Glendronach either you are a peat head or just plain silly! Fantastic stuff , let it breathe abit and enjoy its amazing character !
sweet and flavorful. Like all Glendronach expressions, non-chill filtered, no added color, pretty good for 43 percent ABV.
Lovely dram, all about the sweet apple pie on the palate. Smooth finish. Perfect at 43%
