Glendronach Cask Strength Batch 5

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Since their launch a few years back the Glendronach Cask Strengths have been one of the most popular whiskies in our shop! Glendronach Cask Strength Batch 5 has been bottled at 55.3%, with approximately 12,000 bottles released world wide. Glendronach selects Pedro Ximenez and Oloroso Sherry matured whiskies for the Cask Strength releases.

Andrew's Tasting Note

Nose: prunes, marmalade, new leather and Demerara sugars; building spices: ginger, cardamom and anise with treacle sauce and cooked plums; a touch of tobacco, cedar and cocoa powder.

Palate: honeyed and fruity with loads of cedar and spices; more Demerara sugars and treacle sauce with anise, ginger, cardamom and cinnamon hearts; more marmalade, prunes and underneath some softer fruits like melons and bright orange; still plummy the palate evolves and comes in waves.

Finish: long, smooth and leathery with dark and lighter fruits that fade out slowly with the notes of cedar and spices.

Comment: it is damn near time to do a vertical of these and see how this one stands up to the previous four releases; it could be my mood, I'm just back from a little time off, but I think it is brilliant!

Distillery Tasting Note

Nose: A perfect combination of sweet golden sultanas and rich fig syrup holds a contrasting warmth of ground almonds, orange bitters and a gentle dusting of black pepper.

Palate: Demerara sugar-glazed dark fruits lighten to apricot syrup infused with stem ginger and vanilla. Crisp candied peel and gentle cigar box spices combined with mellow notes of freshly mashed barley add great complexity to the long, classic palate.

Finish: The combination of elegant sherry influences and robust Highland style creates a perfect example of the traditional GlenDronach character.

700 ml