Glendronach Cask Strength

Overall rating: 87.19/100
votes: 293

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Glendronach
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: Batch 4
Bottled: 13.04.2015
Casktype: PX and Oloroso Sherry Casks
Number of bottles: 17806
Strength: 54.7 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Bottle code: 2015/04/13 16:52 LJ10315
Barcode: 5060399680936
Added on: 28 Apr 2015 9:18 am by Amsterdam

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€ 86,59

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Whisky Reviews for Glendronach Cask Strength

49 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 87.19 points

Defeatless scored this whisky 86 points
22 Aug 2018 10:12 pm
A good CS sherried whisky. It used to be around €65,- prices go up, but it is still good price/quality. In the same range of Glengoyne CS.

Nose

87 87

This has a clear sherry nose. There is chocolate, leather and has a burst of dried red fruit. It is quite well made. I assume with water it will turn a bit better. With water it get indeed better, not that the notes will be different, but the alcoholic nip will go.

Taste

88 88

Sweet, a little bit on the alcohol side. But clearly sherry notes. It is not a bomb, but it is rather close to it. The obvious sherry notes are in here, so red fruit, leather. This is a little on the sour side though.

Finish

88 88

Medium-long finish. A bit nutty and slightly bitter. But overall again a clear sherried whisky.
ballunder scored this whisky 89 points
10 Oct 2019 5:47 am

This one is all about the sherry. Lots of fruit with an underpinning of spicy, bitter orange and chocolate. Some vanilla makes an appearance in there too. Easy drinker and very enjoyable.
Othorion scored this whisky 83 points
06 May 2019 7:43 pm
Nose

83 83

Taste

82 82

Finish

83 83
dRambo scored this whisky 82 points
05 May 2019 10:08 pm
Young and sprightly - Definitely under 10 years on average - no not my kind of whisky - Blind at the Chatstammtisch from a clean Sniffter of Raccoon

Nose

83 83

Taste

82 82

Finish

82 82
PX-Michl scored this whisky 89 points
23 Mar 2019 7:38 pm
Nose

89 89

Taste

87 87

Finish

90 90
Kaleva scored this whisky 87 points
29 Jan 2019 10:19 am
Great whisky, very well done. Quite complex (as for NAS) sherried nose, very pleasant palate. Superbly balanced with typical Glendronach profile. Easy going even on the full strength but releases more notes and gets more vivid after adding water

Nose

Sweet, creamy, honeycomb, sherry, yellow overripe apples, dried fruits (apricots and sultanas), roasted almonds, sweet oranges, herbal notes and more sherry after adding water

Taste

Sweet, spicy (peppers, ginger), caramel, honey, dried fruits (figs and apricots), cinnamon butterscotch, fudge, a touch of bitter oak, orange zest, nuts

Finish

Long, warm, getting dry, spicy, nutty, slightly malty, dried fruits, bitter herbs notes
Gris scored this whisky 89 points
18 Jan 2019 11:13 pm
Tasting notes in french on the whisky blog :D http://www.justanotherdram.com/en/tasting-notes/glendronach-cask-strenght-batch-4-2.html

Nose

A not so powerful attack than expected, especially after slight aeration. Very fruity, with a nice compote of plums, apricots with a touch of honey and vanilla. Also some grapes with a very light winey side probably due to PX casks. Some nice spices, even if we are far from the sherry bomb sold by some websites
A sweet nose, really, especially if you add a few drops of water, like a caress on your family jewels (well, ladies, if you do not have any family jewels, try to imagine).

Taste

More powerful in the mouth than with the nose and spices are more present (well, not like a kick in the family jewels either). For now, I would say that it is the Oloroso cask that expresses itself the most. We are rather on pepper and ginger with its pungent side in the mouth. The apricots and plums make their return just after this, as I like it, spicy and fruity.

Finish

Loooong, very long, and always the same with this fruity / spicy perfect balance.
Totoro scored this whisky 86 points
13 Nov 2018 2:11 pm

Very good, perhaps a tad better and less American-oak-heavy than batch five.
HunterRomario scored this whisky 87 points
04 Oct 2018 9:03 am

Aroma: Totally strong and dense scent, strongly in sherry style. Milky caramels, sweetened spicy. In direct comparison with CS3 it smells more pleasantly. CS3 is less sherry, the scent is more flat. (88 b)
Taste: Its percentages are smooth, patentable and without dilution. A lot of wood, strong dark chocolates, it's easy to swallow. Sherry is less than in taste. (86 b)
Points: 87
Summary: Tested in a straight two-wheel comparison test with CS3. I have a bottle open, I have a big sample from a friend, but I have a bottle and I have to leave it for a couple of years and then see if the age is as positive as the one. There I was 88 for the premiere, but 93 and maybe three and a half years later. Perhaps somebody will be surprised that the whisky matures only in the barrel and in the bottle no longer, but it is a controversy. Even though it does not mature, it will surely "get old", of course something is happening to it in the bottle. But I turned it off and it would be another, longer, chatting.
Rien scored this whisky 87 points
25 Feb 2018 7:14 pm
- Nose
  
  86 86
- Taste
  
  86 86
- Finish
  
  87 87

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