Glendronach 30 Years Old 1990 Cask #7006

Cask Bottling – Batch 18

700ml / 51.4%

Single Malt

$1391

A 30 year old Glendronach from the distillery, at 51.4%. Rich and full, with raisin, fig and a bittersweet chocolate, with raisin, date and treacle from the cask. It matures on the Forgue site in traditional dunnage warehouses. A rich, deep Highland single malt of dried fruit and chocolate. This is Glendronach’s deep, fruity Highland style.

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SKU GDR050 Categories Glendronach, Highlands, Scottish Whisky, Whiskey

Description

A distillery release of Glendronach, a 30 year old, from 1990, cask 7006, at 51.4%, 402 bottles in all. Glendronach is a Highland single malt whose founder was an early champion of sherry cask maturation. It ferments in Oregon pine washbacks over long fermentations for a full, fruity spirit.

Worked unhurried through the stillhouse, for the rich, sherried make Glendronach is known for. Maturation came in a Pedro Ximenez sherry puncheon, layered over the full Glendronach make. Ethereal and fragile, the decades draw it to a resinous, waxy depth of dried fruit, treacle and old oak. Vanillin and oak lactones from the wood lend vanilla and a soft coconut over the fruit. The casks are picked closely, the wood matched to the rich Glendronach make. The wood frames the spirit without ever stripping the full Highland body. The full bodied spirit takes active wood well, carrying its dark sugars through the years.

At its natural 51.4% it is rich and chewy. A deep, dark sweetness, with raisin, date and treacle from the cask. Fig, honey and a dark chocolate fill the middle. Dried fruit, spice and a soft oak see it out. This is a deep, sherried Highland single malt.