The GlenDronach Cask Strength Batch 9
Matured slowly in the finest Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso Sherry casks, GlenDronach Cask Strength Batch 9 is a genuine Sherry Bomb. Full bodied and intense, with notes of fruit mince pies, toffee and dark chocolate it’s bottled at 59.4% ABV.
United KingdomColour Dark Auburn
Nose A collision between a jam factory and patisserie just explodes through the glass leaving behind a mess of: orange blossom, fruit mince pies, dried apricots, blackcurrants, blackberry jam on toasted rye bread, dark chocolate and old oak.
Palate The rich fruit and pastry notes continue as the mouth feels the intensity of that flavour hit. Lemon, mango and blueberries lead off before profiteroles and caramel mud cake take over. Spices of clove and cinnamon simmer above a slight earthiness and the juicy sweetness.
Finish Long and enticing. Buttered raisin toast sits beside burnt toffee and coffee while some funky oak notes play in the background.
Food Match Medium Rare Wagyu followed by Sticky date pudding with butterscotch sauce
Overview
As one of Scotland’s oldest distilleries, the GlenDronach distillery is steeped in tradition, which is carried on today with the casks they use. Founder James Allardice was a big supporter of maturing whisky in Spanish Sherry casks. It’s these casks, maturing slowly while hidden away deep in the Forge Valley in the East Highlands that are responsible for the style of whisky we know GlenDronach for today.
The late cuts of the stills at GlenDronach give a big, oily and heavy spirit that really plays into the hands of the rich fruity characteristics the Sherry casks will impart. There are two different cask types that make up the GlenDronach Cask Strength batch releases: Pedro Ximénez, which helps impart the full-bodied fruit flavours and that treacly sweetness, while Oloroso brings a dry and nuttiness to the fold.
Master Blender Dr. Rachel Barrie individually picks out the casks that will make up each Cask Strength release and says “The GlenDronach Cask Strength Batch 9 is incredibly rich and full-bodied; the result of years of slow maturation in Pedro Ximénez puncheons and Oloroso Sherry butts.”
Bottled at the natural cask strength of 59.4% ABV and owing all its natural colour to the slow maturation in those Spanish Oak casks, this is absolute benchmark Sherried perfection laying on a feast of fruit mince pies, and orange blossom bursting into a mouth-watering palate of rich caramel mud cake, profiteroles and sweet spices that you don’t want to miss
If Mum’s boozy Christmas cake could come in liquid form, then this would be it.
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THE SPECS
Price: $150.00
Age: No Age Statement
ABV: 59.4%
Maturation: Matured in Pedro Ximénez puncheons and Oloroso Sherry butts
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GlenDronach's History
Known as “the sleeping giant”, GlenDronach is one of Scotland’s oldest distilleries and only the second to be granted a license to produce whisky after the Excise Act of 1823.
Distillery Facts
Region: Highlands
Origin: Forgue By Huntly, Aberdeenshire, AB5 4DB, Scotland, UK
Founded: 1826
Water Source: Balnoon Burn
Washbacks: 9, wooden
Stills: 4 (2 wash and 2 spirit)
Capacity: 1,400,000 litres per annum
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