The GlenDronach Distillery has announced the stateside arrival of four casks from the 18th batch of its acclaimed Cask Bottling collection.
Eighteen casks dating from 1990 to 2009 have been personally selected by Master Blender Rachel Barrie to celebrate and share some of the finest single malt scotch whiskies from the Highland distillery. This is the first time the US receives these Cask Bottling releases.
GlenDronach’s Cask Bottling Batch 18 as a whole globally features a variety of cask types and maturation periods. The US releases include cask bottlings from 1990, 1994, 2005 and 2008; bottled from Oloroso, Pedro Ximenez and Port Pipe casks.
The distillery’s newly enhanced tasting bar will be the only location in the world where all eighteen bottles will be available to try by the dram.
“The GlenDronach Cask Bottling Batch 18 is a celebration of the distillery’s time-honored mastery and a showcase of the finest of what this richly-sherried Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky has to offer,” said The GlenDronach Master Blender Rachel Barrie. “This release is a focal point to each year, demonstrating the exquisite character of our whiskies, through these exceptional casks which I have carefully hand-selected.”
“Each cask individually explores the sophistication, powerful intricacy and rich layers of Spanish sherry cask maturation found in every expression of The GlenDronach,” Barrie added. “From the rare vintage casks of 1990 with exquisite layers of dark chocolate and the elegant Victoria plum, date and bramble preserve notes in the 1992 Port Pipe, to the distinctive fruitcake and toasted raisin notes in the 2009 Pedro Ximénez Puncheon, each cask encapsulates The GlenDronach house style; robust, elegant and full-bodied. All eighteen casks are bottled without chill filtration for richness, at high strength and are naturally deep in colour.”
The GlenDronach Cask Bottling Batch 18’s four casks are now available for purchase nationwide. The GlenDronach Cask Bottling Batch 18’s 2008 CASK 3017 retails for $120, The GlenDronach Cask Bottling Batch 18’s 2005 CASK 1928 retails for $150, The GlenDronach Cask Bottling Batch 18’s 1994 CASK 5287 retails for $415, and The GlenDronach Cask Bottling Batch 18’s 1993 CASK 7102 retails for $600.
