Glendronach 10 Years Old 2008 Cask #3842

Cask Bottling

700ml / 60.3%

Single Malt

$291

An official Glendronach, a 10 year old, 2008, at 60.3%. Deep and dark, all baked apple, honey and a chocolate, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. A rich, deep Highland single malt of dried fruit and chocolate. Founded in 1826 by James Allardice near Huntly, in the eastern Highlands. This is a Highland single malt of real standing.

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SKU GDR087 Categories Glendronach, Highlands, Scottish Whisky, Whiskey

Description

A 10 year old Glendronach, a distillery bottling, from 2008, cask 3842, at 60.3%, 595 bottles in all. Glendronach is a Highland single malt, long a blending malt and now a sherry led name in its own right. It joined William Teacher and Sons in 1960 and became a core malt of the Teacher's blend. It ferments in Oregon pine washbacks over long fermentations for a full, fruity spirit.

Taken gently through wash and spirit stills, for the rich, sherried make Glendronach is known for. Maturation came in an Oloroso sherry puncheon, layered over the full Glendronach make. Through integration spirit and wood marry, vanillin rounding out as esters lend riper orchard fruit and a chocolate depth. The wood frames the spirit without ever stripping the full Highland body. Active first fill sherry wood drives the maturation, the cask deep in the malt.

At its natural 60.3% it is rich and chewy. Baked apple, honey and a dark chocolate, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. Dried fruit and a treacle sit behind the spice. A long finish carries raisin, chocolate and a treacle. This is Glendronach's deep, fruity Highland style.

Additional information

Weight

1.6 kg