GlenDronach Original 12 Year

Fruity and a light dried fruit/raisin aroma. A touch of salt, fruity, light vanilla, spicy

Ok-nice, but for the price, go for highland park 12

A little sweet, a little oily, full bodied, a touch of smoke (less than hp 12) which is nice. Nice long finish too. This is pretty well balanced for me. Great value for $45.

Some what smoky, not much bite, pleasant burn with a pleasing finish, hint of vanilla.

Pungent Sherry nose, though the PX feels a bit more subdued. Poached pears, light rubbery vanilla (asphalt), sawdust, gritty cereal grains, breakfast biscuit, Highland brine has a bite to it but not the savory salt flavor I like, plenty of European oak pepper, grassy, vague dried fruit notes, very dry and astringent. This used to be one of the best scotches <$100. Raw cereal gains and an astringent metalic/mineral aftertaste persist. Oxidized a bit and faded white chocolate, tart raspberry, faint Sherry prunes and leather notes came out. I can see it here as a lesser imitation of yesteryear's Macallan. Utterly underwhelming compared to what this product used to be. Huge decline in quality, value and fidelity across the whole <$100 scotch market over the last decade IMO. This tastes more along the lines of Johnnie Walker swill. Reading the other reviews, it seems either I got a bad batch or there's a bit of old product still circulating; color of mine is golden flax. Taste profile still doesn't match prior experience. I guess if you want something similar that I would actually recommend, try anCnoc, Caol Ila or Spice Tree.

Nose: Bold and Complex on the nose, dark Christmas fruits such as raisins and currents. With hints of caramel and slight smoke Taste: smooth and almost chewy with dark burnt caramel and vanilla at the front, with the Christmas cake fruits lingering at the back, and an overall subtle hint of charred barrel smoke. Overall: Excellent Whisky, right up there for me! Has a lovely smooth feel with caramel and creamy vanilla, but this compliments the dark fruits of Christmas and slight oak smoke notes, overall it has that sweet taste with a bit of power behind it.