GlenDronach 24 years 1990 - 2014 Single Cask #1020

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 11 was launched in January 2015.

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

Origin and bottling

Distilled on 30 May of the year 1990 and finally bottled in November 2014 after a 24-year maturation. This Single Cask Whisky is the perfect example of craftsmanship from this renowned Highlands distillery.

After very careful selection, cask 1020 was selected and finally bottled at cask strength without colouring and filtering. This resulted in 606 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 note according to GlenDronach

Appearance

Polished dark mahogany.

Nose

Dried apricots with a crisp twist of citrus zest develop to dark sundried raisins and waves of espresso and dark chocolate.

Palate

Fresh peppery oak spices flood through rich sultanas, dark chocolate covered coffee beans and classic, robust sherry characters. Hints of nutmeg, cinnamon and clove oil add an everlasting depth.

The GlenDronach 24 years 1990 - 2014 Single Cask #1020 has an average score of 90.37 / 100 points on WhiskyBase.