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Glendronach Cask Strength Review

By Miguel in Tasting , Glendronach

Glendronach is one of my favorites distilleries ( even if I didn’t featured them in the list of ten whiskies everyone must taste this Christmas ) and they bottle great whiskies like the Glendronach 15 years old Revival or their amazing single cask releases.

So you can understand my happiness when I read that they were releasing a cask strength NAS version of their whisky. I taste here the 1st batch but they are already on the 3rd.

“Good Glendronach whisky! Seems a blend of Oloroso and PX casks which works really well. One ordered.”

90
Glendronach Cask Strength / Batch 1
The first batch of no-age-statement cask strength whisky from Glendronach, bottled at 54.8% and originally released in December 2012. It's a vatting of Oloroso and Pedro Ximenez matured whisky, shown in its colour and intense sherried flavour.

This dram has a tawny-like color.

Nose (90): more than average. nuts, honey, toffee, citrus, figs, cocoa.

Palate (90): powerful, oily. nuts, honey, citrus, wood, cocoa, spices, dates.

Finish (91): longer than average. nuts, citrus, chocolate.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Glendronach Cask Strength / Batch 1 with 90 points over 100.

Although I don’t usually enjoy PX drams, and this one has more than a bit of it, I liked the Glendronach Cask Strength a lot. I am happy to have bought a bottled. Good whisky.



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