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Glendronach Single Malt Scotch Whisky tasting notes

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Glendronach - Scotch Malt Whisky - Region: Speyside
WF Distillery Ranking: Deuxième Cru Classé (all current rankings here)

Status: active - Stills: 4 (2 wash, 2 spirit) - Founded: 1826
Address: Forgue, Huntly, Aberdeenshire AB54 6DB - Phone: +44 (0) 1446 730 20
Web: - More info: Malt Madness

My favourite expression so far:
Glendronach 18 yo 1972 (43%, OB, sherry)
 92 points - Last tasted: August 26, 2006 - Tasting notes: here
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General Distillery Profile - keywords (wazzat?)
Sherry Wine sauce Chocolate Honey Nuts Rum Soy sauce Sultanas Coffee
MM Distillery profile:
The Glendronach distillery in the Deveron (Speyside) area of Scotland was founded in 1826 by Glendronach Distillery Co., a partnership headed by one James Allardes (or Allardyce). Just one decade after it was founded, Glendronach was destroyed by a fire - a fate that was not that unusual for the whisky distilleries at the time. After the disaster several people... More on Malt Madness.
In our opinion: coming soon...
What the pros had to say: coming soon...
All the Winners - 90+ (updated November 4, 2007) - Tasting Notes: Please scroll down

Points, whiskies
92 - Glendronach 12yo (43%, OB for Previ Brescia, sherry casks, early-mid 1980’s)
92 - Glendronach 18yo 1972 (43%, OB, Sherry)
91 - Glendronach 20yo 1970/1990 (56%, Signatory, Dumpy Old Label, C#513-518, 3800 Bts.)
90 - Glendronach 25yo 1968/1993 (43%, OB, 100% Sherry)
Whiskyfun tasting notes
OB - no vintage
  • Glendronach 8 yo (45.4%, OB, dumpy green 75cl bottle) - 040504
  • Glendronach 12 yo (43%, OB, Italy, bulky green bottle, pale vatting, 75cl, 1970's) - 040309
  • Glendronach 12 yo (43%, OB for Previ Brescia, sherry casks, early-mid 1980’s) - 161006
  • Glendronach 12 yo (43%, OB, not Traditional or Original, Sherry casks) - no notes - 84
  • Glendronach 12 yo ‘Original’ (43%, OB, 75cl, +/-1985) - 040309
  • Glendronach 12 yo ‘Original’ (40%, OB, c 2004) - 260904
  • Glendronach 15 yo (40%, OB, US, 100% matured in sherry casks, +/-1995) - 310309
  • Glendronach 15 yo '100% Sherry' (40%, OB, +/-1999) - no notes - 76
  • Glendronach 15 yo 'Revival' (46%, OB, 2009) - 310309
  • Glendronach 18 yo 'Allardice' (46%, OB, 2009) - 310309
  • Glendronach 33 yo (40%, OB, oloroso, 2006?) - 161006
  • Glendronach 33 yo (40%, OB, Oloroso Sherry, +/-2008) - 040309
OB - vintage
  • Glendronach 25 yo 1968/1993 (43%, OB) - 281008
  • Glendronach 18 yo 1972 (43%, OB, sherry) - 040906
Douglas Laing
  • Glendronach 26 yo 1974/2001 (47.5%, DL Old Malt Cask, 198 bottles) - no notes - 83
Duncan Taylor
  • Glendronach 33 yo 1975/2008 (51.4%, Duncan Taylor, ‘Three Generations’, cask #706) - 281008
Murray McDavid
  • Glendronach 13 yo 1990/2003 (46%, Murray McDavid, Bourbon, MM579) - no notes - 87
Samaroli
  • Glendronach 1970/1990 (43%, Duthie for Samaroli, ‘Flowers’, 480 bottles) - 281008
Signatory
  • Glendronach 20 yo 1970/1990 (56%, Signatory, cask #513-518, 3800 bottles) - no notes - 91
  • Glendronach 22 yo 1975/1998 (57.7%, Signatory, cask #1686, 268 bottles) - 040906
Wilson & Morgan
  • Glendronach 1990/2004 Port Finish (46%, Wilson & Morgan) - 071104
Various IB
  • Glendronach 1970/1992 (43%, Reserve Cantarelli, hogsheads #546-547, 1200 bottles) - 040906
 
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