Managed to get a tasting set for this one since I couldn't make the tasting itself ...
Glendronach Allardice 18yo 46% 2018 oloroso
- N: sherry, leather, chocolate, ozone, cream, cherry/plum, burnt caramel
- P: burnt caramel, sherry, chocolate, complex, liquorice
- F: long spicy (?old), smoky, liquorice,
8.5-9 /10 Oh a shocker, I like a Glendronach sherry bomb. Well blow me down.
Glendronach 18yo 46% 2025 oloroso
- N: dark caramel, flowery, salt?/coastal, younger?
- P: salt, light, butter, nice balance
- F: good balance, spicy, smooth, warm
8/10
Glendronach Parliament 21yo 48% 2019 px and oloroso
- N: floral, bandaprint / methanol, sherry, chocolate
- P: very very smooth, chocolate, butter, cloves, molasses
- F: smooth, medium, spicy, burnt caramel, bonfire
9.5-10 / 10 this was amazing.
Glendronach 21yo 48% 2025 px and oloroso
- N: px? sherry, dark chocolate, apricots, marshmallows
- P: sherry, custard (maybe, my handwriting is appalling), aged, nectarines
- F: long, complex, hot, lemon meringue, liquorice
9.5 - 10 /10
Glendronach Parliament 21yo 48% 2021 px and oloroso
- N: light, sherry, lmons, salt
- P: salt, caramel, greasy
- F: medium long, spicy, grass
8/10 knowing it's a Parliament (now), it's interesting how different it is from the other one
Glendronach oloroso casks 50.1 the Whisky Club NZ 11yo
- N: chocolate, vanilla, caramel, apples
- P: spicy, caramel, roast pepper, grasss
- F: salty, long, gingerr
8/10 felt more vigorous and young, which it turned out, it was.
Glendronach Cask Strength Batch#10 2021 58.6% px and oloroso
- N: chocoalte, smooth, cinnamon, creamy
- P: big, dates, caramel, sticky date pudding
- F: spikey, liquorice, burnt butter, long hot
8/10. Possibly could have done with a couple more years maturing? or a bit of water?
One thing about all the whisky's being from the same distillery, and all sherry bombs, is that it's very hard to pick them. I got one, the 21yo Parliament (#3) out of 7. Sadly only two of them were available for purchase and as you'd expect, they weren't cheap. But bloody hell, what a tasting.
Slainte!
