GlenDronach Tawny Port Finish 15 Year

Nose: mustiness, old wet cardboard boxes Palate: honey and bitter chocolate Finish: medium Comment: Like opening a room thats been shut up for decades. Pity its been wstered down so much.

This carries on with the fruitiness, with an apple cake nose. Notes of preserved fruits add a touch of festivity. The flavor is amazingly rich and thick with dried fruit, but also adds some cocoa and cinnamon stick as high notes. The finish has a fruit cake-like fade out.

So, i managed to get a rare Glendronach, not your typical 15yo from the core range, (which is fantastic by the way), but a different one, a Tawny port finished. As most Glendronach, anything from them that is matured im some fortified wine is going to be great. The spirit of this distillery just fits perfectly in ex Sherry or Ex Port casks. Bottled at 46%abv, with a beautiful deep copper color. The previous maturation before the tawny port cask, was european oak. On the nose, divine stuff. Starts with a lovely maraschino cherry note, to then release a very clean cremè bruleè aroma. Cotton and glazed ham. After a first sip, the nose changes into a more winey, grapy profile. Bubbaloo chewing gum, and finally a chocolate madness. Just beautiful. On the palate, it is perfect. A salty but very fancy toffee; red fruits, maple syrup and cherries. A deep tobacco note and a citric prune flavor. Magnificent. Aftertaste follows the greatness here. Cherries, sherry, red wine, vanilla, figs and oak spice. An amazing chocolate finish is here for your tasting pleasure. Overall, i love Glendronach, i love whisky, i love single malts and i love how this distillery manages to impress me once more. I deducted some points here and there because it feels that it is close to perfection but it can be even better. My score for it is 98 over 100.

Fruity, Floral, spicy, hint of peat and vanilla

Nose contains ample preserve and fruitcake notes joined by a medley of stone fruits, sweet red wine, and blood orange. The palate contains more of the same, joined by ginger candy, raisins, slight fruity pepper, trail mix, and a mix of sweet and unsweetened jams. Strawberries and pastry sweets including cereal come in on the finish. Sweet--a definite digestif--with much to contemplate for port finish fans. Still, if you are looking for more than the fruit contribution, there isn't much else from the spirit to compliment.

Maple pastries on nose. smokey sweet