GlenDronach Single Malt Scotch Whisky

GlenDronach Scotch Whisky Distillery Style

Tasting Notes

The 100% sherry cask

Nose: Furniture polish, dried fruits, toffee and fudge.

Palate: A deep rich smooth body, sweet fruit cake flavours, toffee and malty.

Finish: Dry, Bitter chocolate.

GlenDronach Scotch Whisky

Distillery Information

Founded in 1826 by James Allardes
Location Speyside region Devron district East of Huntly
Water source Local springs

GlenDronach Scotch Whisky Distilling Equipment
Copper domed cast iron mash tun.
9 Traditional Oregon pine washbacks.
4 Squat copper pot stills
Matured in Spanish sherry casks, American oak bourbon Hogsheads.
In traditional dunnage warehouses

GlenDronach Scotch Whisky Distillery History 
The distillery is set among the gentle rolling countryside of the Forgue Valley in Aberdeenshire’s ‘castle country’. Here illicit distilling had taken place for many years prior to 1826. The 5th Duke of Gordon persuaded the London government that fair licensing was the best way to beat whisky smuggling. The 1823 Excise Act was a direct result of his rational approach to the problem.

James Allardes and a consortium of farmers and businessmen founded the distillery in 1826. Walter Scott acquired and enlarged the distillery in 1881. During 1920 Captain Charles Grant, son of William Grant the founder of Glenfiddich distillery, bought GlenDronach remaining in the Grant family until it was sold to William Teachers & Sons Ltd in 1960.

In 1966 the number of stills was increased from 2 to 4

1976 William Teachers & Sons Ltd joins Allied Breweries now known as Allied Distillers Ltd. The malt whisky produced is still an important part of Teacher's blended whiskies

New Owners For The GlenDronach

On Wednesday 27th August 2008 The BenRiach Distillery Company completed the acquisition of GlenDronach Distillery from Chivas Brothers, the Scotch whisky business of Pernod Ricard

The Dronac burn flows through the grounds the water source is a spring east of the distillery.

At GlenDronach all of the supporting preparation for distilling continues to be carried out using traditional methods. The distillery has its own floor maltings and malt-kiln providing about 15% of the malt needed. Some of the barley is grown on the company’s own farms located in the countryside around the distillery

The Fermentation wash backs are still made of wood; naked flames from coal fires heat the ball necked stills..

The earth floors in the original stone dunnage maturation warehouses retain moisture, absorbed from the excess moisture in the air during wet weather then releasing the moisture during extended hot spells in summertime. Keeping the atmosphere in the maturation warehouses damp and cool

Today there are perhaps only 2 distilleries that can truly be classified as ‘sherry maturation’ houses and only one The GlenDronach distillery where 100% of the single malt sold still enjoys its primary maturation exclusively in sherry casks.

GlenDronach Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Distillery Bottlings
GlenDronach Original 12 Year Old - matured in sherry casks
GlenDronach Original 12 Year Old - Doubled matured
GlenDronach 15 Year Old
GlenDronach 18 Year Old
GlenDronach 33 Year Old
GlenDronach 1797 Founders Reserve
GlenDronach Single Cask 1992- 1994
GlenDronach Single Cask Batch Two
1971, 1972, 1978, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993
GlenDronach Wood finishes
GlenDronach 14 Year Old Sauternes Finish
GlenDronach 14 Year Old Virgin Oak Finish
GlenDronach 15 Year Old Moscatel Finish
GlenDronach 20 Year Old Tawny Port Finish

GlenDronach Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Older Distillery Bottlings Previous Owners
GlenDronach 15 Year Old - 100% matured in sherry casks
GlenDronach 18 Year Old
The GlenDronach 1968

GlenDronach Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Independent Bottlings 
Blackadder,
Duncan Taylor Collection
Mission (Murray McDavid),
Old Malt Cask (Douglas Laing),
Un-Chill Filtered (Signatory).
Whisky Galore (Duncan Taylor).

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