I love Glendronach. Glendronach is the best distillery and their whiskies are superb. Having said that, which was very important for you to know (lol), this particular expression is a hand-filled bottled bought at the distillery. It was a 13 year whisky (almost 14), Px puncheon, single cask, bottled at 60%abv. It was some one else's dream bottle, that he had to sell through an auction, and despicable old me, bought that person's dream, to drink it with my friends. Well, i got to say, it was absolutely fantastic, one of the best drams i have ever had. I had previously tasted my own hand filled bottle, which i filled at the distillery and to this date that is my favorite whisky of all time, so yes, you should get your hands on one of this expressions. (And no, it wasn't my favorite whisky because i filled the bottle, i have other bottles from other distilleries i have also filled myself and they don't come quite close on the score). After all that prelude, lets talk business: On the nose, an universe of aromas. Raisins, figs, dates, champagne cola; oranges, flan caramel, toffee; sawdust; a fancy burnt caramel creme bruleé; wet cake, tiramisu, cocoa powder, creamy ice cream; apple strudel and "tres leches" sweet. Out of this world. After a first sip, it gave me some blackberry maramalade, red wine, more figs and wet cake, raisins; a "Lolita Lempica" women's perfume; aunt jemima honey syrup, sandalwood and danish cookies. Go back, read all that and ask me if i can avoid giving this a perfect score on the nose. On the palate, what a marvel. Flan, a tres leches sweet dessert, pepper spice, cake. A second sip revealed red fruits, raisins, hazelnut and butterscotch. Aftertaste was sublime. Chocolate, flan, tres leches sweet; tobacco. A fine cuban cigar, oak spice; chilli. Everything amazingly delivered, super powerful but rewarding and not too strong for the high abv. Overall this is an incredible whisky, it fully deserves my perfect score. I have found, as many of you also have, my perfect distillery. Glendronach makes the 18yo and 21yo which always battle for the greatest "core range" whisky in my books. So, needless to say, my score for this is a perfect 100. Sláinte mhath!