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GlenDronach Peated Port Wood
Single Malt — Highland, Scotland
Reviewed
April 5, 2020
Glendronach, that very special distillery that makes the best 2 whiskies i have ever tasted: Allardice 18yo and 21yo Parliament. This is a cheaper almost "experimental" expression, peated and matured in port wood. The result is a very powerful and "out of the box" dram that is best on the nose and not as good on the palate, without been off-putting.
Bottled at 46%abv.
Nose is close to perfection: herbal peatiness, like grass burning. The sweetness on this is something else, seems like a dessert. Thick caramel.
Smoke and salt. Toffee and Nutiness.
SNICKERS chocolate. Very pleasant for a peated whisky.
On the palate it is a Peated beast that has a slight sweetness and then a spice bomb. Super note of red hot chili. A rare bitterness like prunes peel. Wasabi. Maybe too spicy for me.
Finish is very strange and interesting: HOT CHILLI and wasabi. Like a spicy, almost rotten, oranges. Some puff of smoke like A bonfire.
Overall this is a special dram, not intended for everyone. My score for it is 82 over 100.
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