Valley of Stranglethorn. The distillery also introduces the Forg region where it is located under the name ‘Valley of the Brambles.’
The bush of the name strangely overlaps with the bramble, a blackberry-like black fruit, that appears in the official tasting notes.
‘Sherry cask’ is not just one flavor. Glendronach 12 combines two sherry casks: the sweet and rich Pedro Ximénez and the dry and nutty Oloroso.
A heavy spirit is made using a Scottish larch washback and a copper still bent like a saxophone. It is the basis for balance with the rich sherry cask.
PX is a very sweet and spiritd sherry. These casks add aromas of raisins, dried fruit, dark fruit and deep color to Glendronach.
Oloroso is a dry sherry deepened by oxidative aging. Walnuts, roasted nuts, and warm spices outline the sweetness.
If you only use PX, the sweetness and fruitiness may lean to one side. Oloroso's dryness and tannin combine to create a more three-dimensional sherry style.
The spirit spends at least 12 years in oak barrels in a traditional Dungey aging cellar. The finished color is not a caramel coloring, but a natural color obtained from the cask.
Autumn fruits, chocolate praline, gingerbread and raisins, followed by orange and warm spices. It is the result of two sherry casks and a heavy spirit.
Based on Glendronach Aged 12 Years.
The sherry shaft extends almost all the way and is supported by oak. The raisins and black fruits of PX and the nuts and spices of Oloroso are the defining notes of this bottling.
Citrus comes through to the middle with orange, but very little peat. Chocolate, gingerbread and warm spices come before flowers and vanilla.
This value is not a public composition table, but rather the sensory impression of the reference bottling transferred to the same six axes.
Local farmers led by James Allardyce established a distillery in 1826. Glendronach has placed the history of using sherry casks from Jerez for maturation at the center of its brand from the beginning.
The distillery closed in 1996, but production resumed in 2002. In 2005, direct coal fire, which had been maintained for a long time, was changed to steam heating. The current page focuses on wood washback, curved still, and sherry maturation that continue today rather than the direct fire of the past.
The richness of the 12-year-old product cannot be explained by the sweetness unique to PX. Oloroso's walnuts, dry spices, and weight of the spirit come together, leaving structure behind the chocolate and dried fruit.
Glendronach is commonly referred to as the ‘Valley of the Thorns’. There is a clear connection between glen and the Gaelic word gleann, ‘valley’, but it is safer to read dronach as a traditional place name interpretation rather than assuming the exact spelling and form of dronach as a modern Gaelic word.