GlenDronach Original 12 Year

Sweet fruit and floral notes on the nose. Maybe a little apple coming through from the sherry, not dark fruits like plum but light red fruits, and the tiniest hint of smoke. Floral, sweet, and balanced sherry on the taste. Coming back to the nose you can start to get some barrel spice and malt. The darker fruits show up on the finish, but not dominant. Not the sherry bomb I was expecting, between this and Macallan I prefer Macallan.

Always a hard fought contest between this and Balvenie double wood for my Toppest shelf. Aromatic aroma, sherry and charcoal beginning, with a slight smoke, clean very subtle fruit finish. At $62 per, hard to beat

Molasses, vanilla, Christmas spice.