52,3°
Distillery : The GlenDronach - Highlands
Oloroso Sherry Puncheon
Original Bottling
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2022
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Totally Unpeated
Since 2009, the distillery has been offering several vintage bottlings each year in Single Cask, this range is called Cask Bottling, and is divided into Batches. Today we are at Batch 19,
published in Spring 2022, which brought together a dozen expressions.
This bottling is a Cask Bottling, but it does not belong to a specific
Batch, it seems to be a free electron, specially selected by La Maison
du Whisky for its Antipodes collection. Aged 28 years in a cask of
Sherry Oloroso, it was produced in 634 copies, quickly sold.
Let's Taste It :
Intense and very balanced sherry, chocolate, blueberries, cashew nuts,
melting caramel, fudge, dried fruits, apricots, dates, grapes, bananas, a
few drops of blackcurrant, noble wood, between cherry and mahogany, bay
leaves and eucalyptus, forest berries, wild strawberries, gooseberries. On
the palate, it's a little rougher, prunes and dried figs, tomato juice,
black tea, more red fruits, and beautiful very mastered spices,
nutmeg, cloves and cumin. Arabica coffee. Long, rich, full-bodied finish
without being aggressive, heather earth, undergrowth, coffee and
chocolate, chicory. Cardamom. Hazelnut.
In Short,
A perfect GlenDronach of its kind, superbly balanced, intense, but a little classic for me. That's why, although I enjoyed it a lot, I don't
give it a higher rating. But if you serve it to me every night, I won't
say no. As for the price, I suggest we go cry in a corner.
Score : 90
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Kristene DiMarco - It Is Well
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