The GlenDronach distillery sits in amongst a bountiful twist of bramble vines, on the edge of the Scottish Highlands where the land gives plentiful riches - The Ode to The Valley, apparently (Think the PR people may have been let loose, with that statement ). Combining sherry casks and ruby port casks from the renowned Douro valley in Portugal. Available in 70cl bottles at 46.2% Vol. TASTING NOTES: COLOUR - Burnished Copper, It does say Natural Colour, Not sure if its been chill filtered, I suspect so as Glendronach appear to have taken to this (In my opinion!!!) pointless cosmetic, flavour and integrity reducing process to appease uninformed markets. (Just Saying.......lol) NOSE - Late summer berries (Blackberries, Plums, Rose hips) and chocolate dulce de leche imbued with sweet demerara and apricot glaze, the apricot really does standout. There is the sulphurous note from a young sherried whisky. TASTE - Sweet, with blackberry and roasted apple crumble with freshly baked gingerbread and sweet damson plum. Gentle development with great build to the finish. FINISH - Black cherry cake, liquorice and acacia honey, a medium length of finish which definitely leaves you wanting more. Conclusion - For the money I don't think you can go far wrong in the current market. Again a solid whisky from Glendronach. Typically these days it's NAS, given the noise I don't think it has that much age about it, but the colour suggests some really active casks. I opened this last night and had a couple of drams and am looking to see how it settles to the air over the next couple of week's and I suspect it will be quite wonderful. So much so I have ordered a replacement for my stash.