Glendronach – The Master's Anthology Ode to the Embers (70cl, 48.4%)

Ode to the Embers is a single malt from The Glendronach, part of The Master's Anthology, bottled at 48.4% in a 70cl bottle. It is a smoky expression, with peat smoke running through it and a nod to the days when malt kilns cloaked barley in warm smoke. Oloroso sherry casks dominate, adding spiced complexity, and are joined by the distillery's signature Pedro Ximenez casks. It is smouldering amber in colour, with cinnamon toffee, apple and walnut brittle on the nose, raisin and honeyed walnut on the palate, and a lingering finish of sultana, nutmeg and treacle.