GlenDronach – 21 Year Old (70cl)

GlenDronach 21 Year Old is a Highland single malt from the GlenDronach distillery in the Forgue valley of Aberdeenshire, in a 70cl bottle. The distillery takes its name from the rooks that have nested in the trees above it for over two centuries. The whisky is matured for more than two decades in Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez sherry casks. It is non-chill filtered, at natural colour, and a dark amber in the glass. The nose offers treacle, plum jam and candied orange peel, with coffee, toasted walnut and old oak. The palate is rich, with dark chocolate, stewed blackberries, sticky date pudding, clove, nutmeg and leather. The finish is long and warm, with dried plum, dark cocoa and oak tannins.