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| Hello, that is one among our (nearly) every day tastings. Santé! |
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Could 12, 2025
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Three little Glendronachs,
completely cooked up
After lately tasting the 15-year-old, which has remained very nice, together with two quite implausible ‘fill your personal bottle’ editions, we stumbled upon three new releases that fully took us unexpectedly — NAS expressions that appear fairly pushed-up, as is more and more the development in all places. What actually surprises us, ultimately, is that nobody has but provided ‘do your personal ending’ editions, the place you could possibly fill mini-firkins of your selection and are available again the subsequent day to gather your bottles. And even the exact same night…
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Glendronach ‘Ode to the Valley’ (46.2%, OB, The Grasp’s Anthology, sherry and Port casks, 2024) 
It does appear a tad untimely to be compiling an anthology of the charming Grasp Blender already, doesn’t it? I do know, that’s not fairly what they imply with the identify, however nonetheless… Color: gold, leaning barely rosé. Nostril: quite kirsch-like to start with, the Port seeming pretty recent (younger), providing rosehip, raspberry, all wrapped round a beautiful barley eau-de-vie, with some muesli, cassata, and a contact of blood orange. Comes throughout very younger, however it’s brilliant and cheerful. Mouth: youthful, eau-de-vie-ish once more, however with extra beautiful raspberries and blackcurrant liqueur, earlier than the malt begins to precise itself fairly properly, bringing alongside a quite likeable impression of an IPA. End: of medium size, very fruity, with robust echoes of the Port. Maybe some ruby in there? Feedback: I discover this quite nice, actually, a contact winesky however finished in a beautiful method. It’s nicely managed, inside that more and more prevalent fashion in Scotland.
SGP:631 – 83 factors. |
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Glendronach ‘Ode to the Embers’ (48.4%, OB, The Grasp’s Anthology, sherry and smoke, 2024) 
Apparently, the smoke genuinely comes from the distillate itself, not from any type of ending in an ex-cask of… let’s say Laphroaig, as many are likely to do. Color: gold. Nostril: a lightweight smoke, properly built-in into the sherry, with no conflict. A faint whiff of exhaust fumes, which we quite take pleasure in, then some myrtle and cherries, nice touches of pure rubber, a touch of smoked meat (some sort of smoked beef jerky), adopted by barbecue smoke and pine needles. Mouth: it’s a contact extra dissonant for me, on rubber, pepper, bitter zest, bitter cherries, and a faint be aware of prosecco, even Aperol Spritz. End: medium size and nonetheless quite marked by the Aperol. Aperol, that’s not owned by Brown-Forman, is it? Feedback: I discover it fairly nice as nicely, with a couple of trendy flavours and a slight cocktail edge. One should transfer with the instances, I suppose.
SGP:633 – 82 factors. |
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Glendronach ‘Ode to the Darkish’ (50.8%, OB, The Grasp’s Anthology, Pedro Ximenez sherry, 2024)
Somebody as soon as stated that PX had develop into one of many most well-liked crutches of recent Scottish malts, although I can’t recall who that was. Not that it issues, there aren’t many Cream casks left anyway… Color: amber. Nostril: there we’re, the traditional Glendronach profile as seen for the reason that early 2000s, closely marked by the sherry however in a chic method, this time on tobacco, currants (the Andalusian variety), dates, candied cherry, fir honey, and a contact of recent mint… I discover it quite good, really, even when it feels a tad sweeter than your typical old-school GDs. With water: a little bit of recent oak pokes by. Not that it actually wants water, to be sincere. Mouth (neat): frankly, this isn’t unhealthy in any respect, extra peppery, drier than anticipated, but displaying a beautiful be aware of orange liqueur with pepper and honey inside. If such a factor existed… With water: once more, the oak exhibits up, considerably like freshly minimize joinery wooden. End: of excellent size, properly balanced, with dates and orange marmalade. Feedback: a pleasant drop, extra on the traditional aspect, disgrace we needed to go and take a look at it with water too.
SGP:551 – 84 factors. |
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