GlenDronach 22 years 1991 - 2014 Single Cask #1346

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.

Since 2007, The GlenDronach has presented a series under the name: Single Cask whiskies. Batch 10 was launched in July 2014 and this 22-year-old Single Cask Whisky was the second oldest release from this batch.

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

Origin and bottling

Distilled on 22 November of the year 1991 and finally bottled in June 2014 after a maturation of over 22 years. This Single Cask Whisky is the perfect example of craftsmanship from this renowned Highlands distillery. After very careful selection, cask 1436 was selected and finally bottled at cask strength without colouring and filtering. This has resulted in 701 bottles.

Cask type

This single cask whisky has spent over two decades on a Pedro Ximenez Sherry Puncheon. This cask has allowed this GlenDronach to gain unparalleled depth and enormous complexity.

Tasting Notes according to GlenDronach

Appearance

A ruby heart in burnt amber.

Nose

Crisp white pepper and citrus zest flood through dates and sultanas. Hints of ginger and nutmeg give an earthy depth.

Palate

Crisp, fresh oak spices develop to rich orange marmalade drenched over plumes, dried prunes and dark chocolate.