GlenDronach 21 years 1994 - 2016 Single Cask #339

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 14 was launched in October 2016.

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 22 December of the year 1994 and finally bottled in September 2016 after a 21-year maturation. This Single Cask Whisky is the perfect example of craftsmanship from this renowned Highlands distillery.

After very careful selection, cask 339 was selected and finally bottled at cask strength without colouring and filtering. This resulted in 547 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

Antique mahogany.

Nose

Fantastic contrast of cigar box spice infused through stewed damsons, demerara sugar and crisp orange zest.

Palate

Intense, rich molasses and dark chocolate harmonise perfectly with dried Mediterranean fruits and a spiced, toasted oak back note.

The GlenDronach 21 years 1994 - 2016 Single Cask #339 has an average score of 90.59 / 100 points on WhiskyBase.