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Glendronach Single Cask vintage 1995, 20yo, for The German Malt Whisky Community
Single Malt — Highlands, Scotland
Reviewed
October 6, 2022
My favorite scotch distillery of all time has a very beautiful way to keep the fans entertained: they give us tons of single cask offerings, almost always at cask strength, with some nice vintages. You can easily recognize them because they are "the brown Glendronachs".
This one is quite something. Bottled at an amazing 53.8%abv, this is a 1995 vintage, 20 years old, exclusive for The German Malt Whisky Community, drawn from a single Pedro Ximenez sherry cask. All the right words here.
On the nose, quite a spectacular show. Grapes, a Crunch chocolate tablet, and the almighty aroma note of BLACKBERRY MARMALADE. It has incredible sweet notes of quince, and a cigar that was lit and now has been put off. Liquorice. After some sips it gave me dates; Coffee beans and dehydrated oranges. Blackberry, quince, cocoa. It is amazing.
On the palate this is whisky heaven. Velevety sherry; Spice bomb, chocolate and red fruits.
Beautiful dram.
Aftertaste reaches the peak. Cuban cigars, cinnamon, chocolate. It feels warm. Ginger and macerated fruits.
Overall, what can i say, this is perfection. It is no mistery that Glendronach is my all time favorite distillery and this is why. Elegant, powerful, filled with layers of flavors and aromas, this is the proper example of what a top single malt should be. It would be disrespectful if i deduct any points, who am i to criticize this marvelous whisky? My score for it is 100 over 100.
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