Again in 2019 The Whisky Trade chosen 4 casks of GlenDronach 1993 (cask #8933, 7405, 8634 and now cask #6853). Bottled abruptly for his or her twentieth anniversary, however launched one after the other as every ran out. Three of them bought out and now the final of the collection hit the cabinets.
That is undoubtedly a re-racked whisky: a number of casks blended collectively after which married in one other cask for a number of months, typically years. This explains the yield of 505 liters – just about the theoretical capability of a puncheon (usually 500, typically 600 liters) with none angel’s share. Not a single cask launch, however this can be a documented follow and so they’ve eliminated any single cask references so all that issues now could be the standard in our glass.
GlenDronach 26 yo 1993 (51,1%, OB for The Whisky Trade 2019, Pedro Ximénez puncheon #6853, 722 btl.)
Nostril: an enormous give attention to the fruits. Juicy cherries, figs, redcurrants, in addition to a great deal of oranges and jammy plums. Fragrant prime notes of rosehip, leather-based tea and shoe polish. Darker toffee, chocolate, raisins and almonds beneath. In all probability sweetened by the PX cask however very spherical and balanced. Fairly good.
Mouth: extra chocolate notes now, in addition to extra wooden spice and a few burnt cake. Walnuts and hazelnuts, with caramelized sugars and treacle, leathery notes, cinnamon and nutmeg. Orangettes. The fruits are nonetheless there however they play in a darker register: blackberries and sultanas. A little bit of brightness from cranberries. Hints of earthy oak char and polished notes.
End: lengthy, balancing between oranges and chocolate, mingling with tobacco leaves, liquorice and menthol.
Let’s name a spade a spade: the PX puncheon is a trick so as to add fruity sweetness and masks any dry oak affect. The fantastic thing about all of it is that the cask juggling labored out completely, leading to a richly sherried whisky with a shiny and fragrant nostril and a darker palate. Probably the greatest casks I’ve tried after the legendary fifteenth January fillings. Solely accessible from The Whisky Trade.
