GlenDronach 10-Year-Old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky is produced at the GlenDronach Distillery in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, which has operated since 1826. The whisky is matured in Spanish oak sherry casks sourced from Andalucía, including Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso casks. It is bottled at around 46% ABV and typically retails for around $80.
The palate, however, is just as impressive and decadently rich, if not more so. Chris reveled in the “almost pruny glory” of Batch 11, and while Batch 10 presents a similarly lush, deep sweetness, there’s a brighter, more complex fruit dimension here also that flexes with orange peel, dark cherry, and poached pears alongside a secondary layer of sherry-inspired dark berries.
Aromas and flavors of well worn leather, sherry butt with grilled stone fruit, dates, figs, and fruit cake, and manuka honey roasted cashews with a round, vibrant, dry medium body and a tingling, elegant, medium-length finish with notes of leather, slight bitter chocolate and toasted multigrain bread, honey roasted nuts and baking spices, and earl grey tea.