Glendronach 26 Years Old 1994 Cask #4363

Cask Bottling – Batch 18

700ml / 52.8%

Single Malt

$774

An official Glendronach, a 26 year old, 1994, at 52.8%. A rich orchard sweetness and dark sugar, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. A core malt of the Teacher’s blend from 1960. The last distillery in Scotland to fire its stills with coal, until 2005. This is a Highland single malt of real standing.

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SKU GDR047 Categories Glendronach, Highlands, Scottish Whisky, Whiskey

Description

Glendronach from the distillery, a 26 year old, from 1994, cask 4363, at 52.8%, 692 bottles in all. Glendronach is a Highland single malt, founded in 1826 near Huntly in Aberdeenshire. It was bought in 2008 by Billy Walker's BenRiach company, who rebuilt it as a heavily sherried single malt. It was the last distillery in Scotland to fire its stills with coal, converting to steam only in 2005.

The spirit was distilled in copper pot stills, for the rich, sherried make Glendronach is known for. It was matured in an Oloroso sherry puncheon, the wood working deep into the malt. At this evaporative stage ellagitannins lend structure while oxidation builds a richer raisin and treacle. Maturation runs slow and even in the traditional dunnage warehouses on the Forgue site. The full spirit deepens with time, the cask drawing out its darker register.

Bottled at a cask strength 52.8%, it is deep and concentrated. A deep, dark sweetness, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. The body is full and rich, the fruit deep and dark. The finish is long, rich and spiced. This is a rich Highland malt of dried fruit and chocolate.