GlenDronach Original 12 Year

A beautiful malt from start to finish. On the nose, there are black cherries to be found and other red fruits for an enticing beginning to the journey. The palate follows with the flavors that you expect from the smell, but adds rich caramel and baking spices to the experience along with the first notes of oak. The lingering finish holds you with hints of almond being added to the mix from before. Complex and inviting, this is a great whisky for any occasion. I can't wait to drink some more.

Sweet and floral on the nose. Carmel and nutty tastes

This is another Sherry cask which are becoming my favorite. This is getting close in enjoyment value to the Balvenie doublewood. Yum!

Better than a macallen 12

Nose is rich fruits from its Oloroso and Pedro Ximinez cask finish, including fig, apricot, orange rind, candied ginger, and pear cider with honey, sugar cookies, and milk cocoa. The palate has more of the same, but with cinnamon, clove, fresh herbs, and nutmeg joining. The finish is marked by a drying pepper character and more of the spice. Finish is long and eventually trends back towards the blood orange and crystallized ginger notes. Compared to the GlenDronach 15 Revival (the 2013 and 2015 releases) this has less of the milk cocoa and nutty characters (the 15 tastes almost like a cherry cordial). This is not far off, however, and certainly makes for a great daily sipper. Not as sherry forward as say, Aberlour A'Bunadh, but having none of the tannic, solventy character of Macallan 12 and yet more sherry than a number of scotches touting their cask finishes. Balanced, overall, and a good spot on the sherry spectrum for unpeated single malts.