Glendronach 15 Year Old Revival / Sherry Cask

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Glendronach 15 Year Old Revival / Sherry Cask
70cl / 46%
Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Distillery Bottling
Glendronach Revival (good name!) is the culmination of nearly a year's hard work by the distillery's new owners, who have done such a marvellous job at Benriach. This Oloroso-matured Revival has already received a whopping 92 points from the highly-esteemed Serge Valentin at Whiskyfun, who compared it to Macallan Gran Reserva! Welcome back, Glendronach!

Silver Medal Winner (The Malt Maniacs Awards 2009)
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£39.49
(£32.91 ex. VAT)
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Tasting Notes:
Tasting Notes by Whiskyfun (Serge Valentin)

This one is the brand new version under new owners and Billy Walker’s management. 100% oloroso matured.

Colour: amber.

Nose: except for the oloroso notes, this new one simply hasn’t much to do with the old 15, but it sort of kept the best parts (balsamico, mushrooms, raisins, parsley). Much cleaner but certainly not monodimensional, beautifully sherried, developing all on walnut liqueur, beef stock, hints of Madeira at some point (rather than straight sherry), soy sauce, mint sauce, a little camphor, maraschino (very obvious after a while), horse stable, coal smoke… Very complex in fact, and pretty brilliant so far. ‘Wow’.

Mouth: big, rich, nervous and wonderfully sherried, immediately remind us of some older Macallan 18s (Gran Reservas). Coffee, chocolate, prunes, dates, beef jerky, dried bananas, figs, orange liqueurs… And a very nice rancio in the background. As for spices, we have cloves, cinnamon and just a little star anise.

Finish: rather long, with the spices getting bigger and just a faint dustiness. Fades away on blackcurrant jam.

Comments: the fact that some distilleries still have such old style sherried whiskies may well be the best of recent news from the whisky world. Adorable whisky. SGP:462 - 92 points.

Customer Reviews:
Quite simply the best heavily sherried whisky I have tried. Yes, Macallan, Glenfarclas and Aberlour all produce excellent stuff, but this Glendronach just edges it. Fantastic.
- Manu, 13 days ago
This is a stunner! Big bursts of frothy red fruit, sherry of the highest quality. Wow! A finish that echoes an eternity. Highly recommended!
- Jason's Scotch Whisky Reviews, 28th Nov '11
I recently was treated to the (new green label) Glendronach 15. The nose is full with a wonderful sweet sherry. On the tongue is a luscious hot buttery toffee with a very nice caramel finish. Wonderful neat and I fear even a drop of water may disturb the wonderful texture of this amazing whisky.
- ClarkeUSMC, 27th Oct '11
I just opened a bottle of this Whisky. I bought it due to the comments on this site and I wasn't disappointed to say the least. My first dram was just superb as I love the deep sherried malts like The Balvenie Sherry Oak 17 year old and this one. I like the texture of this one, on the heavy side. I am going to buy a few more just to have around the house. I agree with the 90 rating that some of the popular whisky tasting sites have given this malt.
- anonymous, 27th Oct '11
Has a fabulous sherry cask nose that suggests a much older whisky. Some oak but loads of dark brown sugar, dried fruits, chilli, pepper and candied peel. Big flavour, rich fruit, more dried fruit notes and spice complexity. Rich golden and long. The finish is good but has just a bit of drying wood peaking through. But it can be forgiven that. Serious quality here. A stunner.
- Kevin H, 18th Oct '11
I have spent many years drinking Islay whiskies. This is my first venture into this old world. Glen Dronach has bowled me over. I do wedding photography and one of my clients just bought me a bottle as a thank you for doing a good job for them.The richness and warmth of flavour makes it feel like Christmas. I have never tried such a dark coloured whisky before, and I love it.
- Andrew McDonnell, Yorkshire, 27th Aug '11
This is an above average whisky! Mildly sweet nose with traces of toffee and chocolate, very nice. Taste is creamy and initially sweet developing into pepper with lots of heat. It then changes utterly to a persistent sourness that carries through the medium length finish and lingers quite annoyingly. Overall it's worth a punt and a touch ahead of the Caledonia 12.
- James D., 16th Aug '11
Totally gorgeous. Rich, smooth, creamy with sweey chocolatey coffee malt flavours. The best highland malt I've ever tasted.
- Two fingers, 18th Jul '11
This is superb,perfect balance,seriously good whisky,whereas other Glendronach's recently sampled have been in the cask too long and could pass as a sherry Liqueur if there is such a thing.This is now a regular on the drinking shelf.
- anonymous, 15th Mar '11
Very special - This is a sherried malt that is just perfect, full flavour but balanced - a great.
- anonymous, 12th Mar '11
I have a dram of Glendronach Revival as we speak. How can this be? Perfectly balanced, all those good characters of sherried malts are here, but those bad ones (sweetness among other things) are faded away. I'm a Islay man, but this is the best. Superb.
- Mikko, 20th Dec '10
Price quality ratio: through the roof!!!
- anonymous, 12th Dec '10
This is what sherry matured malt should be. Fruity, raisin like, dark chocolate, DRY and dusty. Actually I dislike most of sherried malts, but this is absolutely fantastic.
- Mikko, 11th Dec '10
Worth every penny! This is by far the best sherry finish I have tasted so far!This is an explosion of flavour. The sherry cask did it's work. A sweet fullflavoured whisky
- Ruben, 1st Dec '10
Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! Got the message...?
- Mr Claw, 4th Jul '10
A must buy!!! The nose is fantastic, loses a bit in the taste but takes it back in the finish. Sherry monster at its best. Great value!!!
- Barto, 25th May '10
Very nice, robust, creamy, sweet sherried malt, with a litle over-matured fruit flavour. I feel happy to have a whole bottle. :)
- Peter Benkoczki, 1st May '10
Brilliant dram - and much better than most in this price area
- anonymous, 9th Mar '10
Holy Toledo batman!!I hope Glendronach get the recognition they derserve as think this is the best thing thats happened in whisky for the whole of 2009. Great stuff!
- S Bennetto, 26th Jan '10
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