Glendronach 24 Years Old Cask #Batch 9

Grandeur

700ml / 48.7%

Single Malt

$1797

A 24 year old Glendronach from the distillery, at 48.7%. Raisin, chocolate and a warm spice run through it, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. The last distillery in Scotland to fire its stills with coal, until 2005. Bought in 1920 by Charles Grant, a son of Glenfiddich’s founder. This is a deep, sherried Highland single malt.

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SKU GDR092 Categories Glendronach, Highlands, Scottish Whisky, Whiskey

Description

A distillery release of Glendronach, a 24 year old, cask Batch 9, at 48.7%, 1487 bottles in all. Glendronach is a Highland single malt known for its heavy Oloroso and Pedro Ximenez sherry maturation. The distillery was an early champion of sherry cask maturation, its malt charming Edinburgh society from the start. It was bought in 1920 by Charles Grant, a son of the founder of Glenfiddich. It was founded in 1826 by James Allardice, said to be the second man in Scotland to take a licence after the Excise Act of 1823.

Run slowly off the spirit still, shaping a rich Highland body with real weight. Maturation came in an Oloroso cask, layered over the full Glendronach make. Through the evaporative decades the esters fold into raisin, fig, beeswax and a bittersweet chocolate. Vanillin and oak lactones from the wood lend vanilla and a soft coconut over the fruit.

At a natural 48.7% it is full and rich. Raisin, chocolate and a warm spice, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. The mouthfeel is full and coating, the fruit dark and sweet. The finish runs long, full and warming. This is a Highland single malt of real standing.