GlenDronach 23 years 1990 - 2013 Single Cask #1240 UK Exclusive

The founding of The GlenDronach distillery took place in 1826 in the town of Forgue near Huntly in the Highlands, Scotland. With almost 200 years of experience, The GlenDronach distillery is one of the oldest in the Highlands and a truly traditional distillery that still mainly uses maturation in sherry casks.

True to their tradition, The GlenDronach primarily uses carefully selected sherry casks handcrafted at renowned sherry bodegas from southern Spain (Jerez de la Frontera and Sanlúcar de Barrameda)
 

Origin and bottling

Each year, our Master Distiler, Billy Walker, specially selects a handful of individual casks from GlenDronach Distillery's warehouses to be bottled as GlenDronach 'Limited Release'.
With maturing whiskies dating back to 1968, there is a huge selection of casks, hogsheads, puncheons and butts to choose from. Each of these casks displays truly remarkable characteristics, the malt whisky contained within having developed exceptionally during the long maturation process.Distilled on 5 September of the year 1990 and finally bottled especially for the UK in October 2013 after a 23-year maturation. Billy Walker personally selected cask 1240 and 647 bottles were eventually bottled.

Cask type

This Single Cask Whisky has spent 23 years on a Pedro Ximenez Sherry Puncheon. This cask has allowed this GlenDronach to gain unparalleled depth and enormous complexity.

Tasting note according to GlenDronach

Appearance

Dark oak with glinting gold.

Nose

Rich toffee and toasted almonds with stewed barley over a chocolate-raisin richness.

Palate

Huge dark raisins and stewed plums with a complex balance of herbs and spices. Espresso coffee and cocoa beans with hints of sweet barley sugar explode on the palate.