GlenDronach Grandeur - Batch 10
27 Year Old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
50.1% ABV
27 Year Old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
50.1% ABV
Nose: Wondrous wave upon wave of Demerera rum drenched sultanas
– warm cherry Bakewell tarts - Battenberg cake, oozing with apricot jam around
its edges - spiced baked apples – Gower Cottage chocolate orange brownies – prunes steeped in tea – aged balsamic vinegar - damp sherry
cask staves – old dusty bookshelves – echoes of cedar wood - freshly polished oak
furniture and subtlest suggestions of poly cement (Airfix) glue.
Palate: Tart blackberries dusted with icing sugar – more of
those tea steeped prunes – sherry soaked sultanas - clove studded orange – McDonald’s
apple pie, with its cinnamon levels cranked up to 11 – warm treacle tart - chocolate
covered coffee beans – Kirsch soaked cherries - black truffle oil and a pinch
of ground mixed spice.
Finish: A full on, feisty finish, which keeps on delivering
all the decadently delicious delights, that it offered up so opulently well on both
the nose and palate.
Summary: Grandeur by name, most definitely grandeur by
nature! A superbly well-balanced belter from GlenDronach. Previous batches of
their Grandeur releases have been pretty dram epic, but this one has notched itself
up into the category of outstanding!
