GlenDronach 1978 single cask 1040
Crisp and citrusy
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Review by @WhiskyNotes
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- Brand: GlenDronach
- Type: Scotch
- Region: Speyside
- ABV: 51.2%
Nose: elegance is the keyword here. There’s a juicy fruitiness to start with: sour cherries, bramble, soft raspberry. Hints of apple cake as well. Superb freshness of Seville oranges and pink grapefruit. A little mint. Very lively with an incredible smoothness. Water doesn’t seem to work here, the nose is too subtle to survive.
Mouth: rich and vibrant. Raspberries, tangerine, some chocolate. Orange peel. Again some undertones of mint. A bit of oak. This time water works nicely and brings out walnut flavours.
A very crisp GlenDronach, high on citrus notes. When compared to the older 1970’s releases, it misses a bit of punch. But of course this one is a less expensive.
Finish: long, a tad nuttier.
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"Crisp" and "citrus" are not descriptors I ever expected to see in the review a 30yo+ Glendronach. I'm used to grapefruit notes in malts this age from some distilleries -- Mortlach and Imperial high on the list -- but I wouldn't have expected Glendronach's stills to yield that. Likewise, something that's spent three decades in oloroso. And for the intersection thereof? I am highly intrigued now.