Glendronach 2003

Overall rating: 88.16/100
votes: 27

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Glendronach
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: Single Cask
Vintage: 14.01.2003
Bottled: 30.05.2016
Stated Age: 13 years old
Casktype: Virgin Oak Hogshead
Casknumber: 1751
Number of bottles: 250
Strength: 53.9 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Bottle code: 2016/05/30 14:04 LK70483
Barcode: 5060399683548
Bottled for: The Duchess
Market: Netherlands
Added on: 15 Jun 2016 4:59 pm by bestofwhiskies.com

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Whisky Reviews for Glendronach 2003

8 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 88.16 points

Defeatless scored this whisky 88 points
17 Aug 2018 9:27 pm
This is a 'different' Glendronach. Very sweet and rich in taste. A little water will do some help, but it doesn't need much! I recommend tasting this neat at first.

Nose

87 87

Toffee, malt, sweet vanilla. This is very much like a refill bourbon barrel! I like this quite a bit though.

Taste

88 88

Sweet, tropical fruit, honey, mild ginger, candied orange peel. There is a slight wooden undertone underneath it. But it is forgiven.

Finish

88 88

Medium-long length. Quite 'thick' there are loads of vanilla-butterscotch cookies here. I like this as it keeps on rolling in the mouth.
Prof_Dr_John scored this whisky 91 points
25 Feb 2018 3:05 pm
Wow! Glendronach very different. Virgin Oak is always such a thing. I really did not like the Octomore 7.4. Here I find the Gesamtkunstwerk very successful. The first filled oak leaves its mark clearly and reminds a bit of a bourbon, but the Brennereicharakter here comes to light, which is often covered by a sherry wall. Very successful, very pleasing and for around 90 euros still pleasing fair in pricing. Since there are only 250 bottles, you should strike fast with the Dutchman!

Nose

Vanilla, sweetness, butterscotch, honey and coconut! Very interesting. Slight notes of pineapple, or peach and cinnamon come through. Very interesting. The alcohol is very well integrated and hardly noticeable. If you smell for a while, there are hints of caramel.

Taste

Wow! Is that cute! Honey, peach, pineapple, apricots, caramel, light chocolate, cinnamon and a touch of nutmeg spread in the mouth. Now also the alcohol is present and also the pleasant spiciness after 13 years barrel aging. I still think of a slight hint of Inger, which offers a slightly "sharp" counterpoint to the vanilla sweetness. Very yummy, very creamy-oily and dangerously tasty

Finish

Vanilla, honey, peach, caramel, very sweet, very pleasant and very long in the mouth. Only very slowly, the mouth becomes drier and it comes back to the ginger. Pleasantly alternating and complex, the aromas remain in the mouth until at some point the desire for another sip can no longer be suppressed
Rien scored this whisky 88 points
11 Dec 2017 4:01 pm
- Nose
  
  87 87
- Taste
  
  87 87
- Finish
  
  89 89
KayMeertens scored this whisky 88 points
18 Nov 2017 9:39 pm
Very grain-like. Compared to the 2002 cask 4523, which is also virgin oak matured, it's definitely not as pine-y as that one. 87/88.

Nose

First glue. Apricot jam, vanilla, butterscotch, raspberry and coconut.

Taste

Vanilla, apricot, raspberry, caramel and spice.

Finish

Vanilla pudding, peach, liquorice and caramel.
thijs100 scored this whisky 87 points
18 Apr 2017 4:58 pm
Not your average Glendronach. The virgin oak has made its mark on the whisky.

Nose

This noses beautifully. Obviously quite a lot of oak influence with loads of coconut shavings and a big whiff of vanilla beans. Some cinnamon too. A nice fruitiness with tinned pineapple and peaches, even becoming a bit floral after a while.

Taste

It's no surprise that this shows similarities to a bourbon. Dry, with a good amount of triple sec and lots of spices. Cinnamon, ginger. Some chili pepper too. A whiff of aniseed. Not as balanced as the nose is.

Finish

Long and drying. Spicy.
Skiddilly scored this whisky 86 points
20 Mar 2017 7:07 pm
- Nose
  
  88 88
- Taste
  
  85 85
- Finish
  
  86 86
Shane_IL scored this whisky 87 points
05 Aug 2016 4:42 pm
I quite enjoyed this one. It was very light and fruity and quite an interesting departure from the typical Glendronach profile. I’m pleased to say that the virgin oak worked quite well here.Reviewed in my blog: https://iwriteaboutstuffilike.com/2016/08/04/glendronach-2003-virgin-oak-cask/

Nose

Rich wood. Woodspice. Lactic. Caramel. Light pepper. Oolong tea. Apple pie.

Taste

Peach iced tea. Creme brulee. Woodspice. Sandalwood.

Finish

Long. Sandalwood. Bitter wood. Butterscotch. Cacao.
bestofwhiskies.com scored this whisky 89 points
15 Jun 2016 8:14 pm

GlenDronach 2003 Virgin Oak Hogshead Cask 1751 250 bottles 53.9%

Exclusively selected for The Duchess

Tasting Notes by the chaps at GlenDronach:

Nose: Tarte tartin drizzled with apricot syrup and dusted with toasted coconut. All spiced with waves of delicious sweet oak.

Appearance: Glowing harvest gold

Palate: Candied peel and ginger syrup poured over roasted orchard fruits with a fantastic combination of cinnamon sugar and gentle vanilla.

In our honest opinion, it’s a stunner indeed. We totally agree with Billy Walker and his team on their tasting notes, but still we couldn’t resist adding our very own personal tasting notes.

Nose: Lots of fruitiness. The likes of plums. Accompanied by a warm swell of butterscotch and spices; Cinnamon and hazelnuts.

Mouth: Butterscotch is eminent on the foreground. Lots of pleasurable spices like the aforementioned cinnamon, ginger and a little sugarcane sweetness in the background.

Finish: long and dry herbal finish; Laurel and liquorice.

Balance: A very stunning dram it is. Very well balanced in both and the nose and mouthfeel. The thing that attracts me the most is the overwhelming complexity of this GlenDronach…Don’t we all love ginger spices and liquorice ???

89/100 points

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