Glendronach 29 Year Old 1993 Single Oloroso Sherry Butt #2371 'Vega' Goldstream Bar China Exclusive Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2022)
1 of 234 bottles produced from a single Oloroso Butt. One of the darkest things we have ever seen and is right up our street and many of our clients preferred types.
Goldstream Bar is located in Beijing Asian Games Village, a multi-story building from the 1990s. The renovation scope is 1 floor above ground and 2 floors underground, with a total of 400 square meters. Due to the age of many transformations, it presents a variety of materials and irregular facades. The new interface is embedded in the original building with aluminum plate, metal wave plate, steel plate and glass as materials. It retains the traces of the old interface and maintains the sense of age of the overall building. The composition of the new and the old are interspersed to form a dialogue, and the material has its own context of the times.
TASTING NOTES
Nose: Cola Cubes, Raisin bonanza, golden syrup, opulent maraschino cherry
Palate: Heavily sherried oak, mulled fruits, aged dates, ginger spice, intense and richly flavoured bringing just the right balance between the spirit, sherry, oak and the alcohol level. Laughs off water due to its concentration where no water was added.
Finish: So long that your grandkids will taste this. Sadness ensues after cessation of the finish inspiring more nosing right away. Rich sherry remains sweet and minorly overpowering subject to level of experience with very heavily sherried drams.
About Glendronach
Big, bold and most commonly Sherried, Glendronach is an old-style whisky which echoes the substantial Victorian buildings in which it is made.
Inside are a traditional rake and plough mash tun, wooden washbacks and four stills which were coal fired until 2005, the last in Scotland to be heated in this way. Today there is just a quiet susurration of steam in the stillhouse, but the oddly shaped wash still and the plain sides of the spirit still cut back on reflux, helping to build weight in the spirit.
These days, ex-Sherry casks are the distillery’s signature style. Some is 100% Sherry matured, some is started in ex-Bourbon casks to pick up vanilla sweetness before being racked into ex-Sherry.
One of a trio of distilleries in the Garioch, Glendronach was founded in 1826 by a partnership of local farmers headed by James Allardice. Under his charismatic lead, it built a strong reputation (it was on sale in London soon after its foundation) but tragedy struck in 1837 when a fire virtually destroyed the distillery. The bad news continued when Allardice went bankrupt in 1842.
His promotional activities had however stood the whisky in good stead. Seeing its potential, Walter Scott (not the author) came forward in 1852, and rebuilt the distillery into its current condition. Its next most significant owner arrived in 1920, when Capt. Charles Grant, the youngest son of William Grant of Glenfiddich, bought it. It remained with the family for 40 years when it was sold to Wm Teacher & Sons. who added a second pair of stills in 1967.
It passed into the orbit of Allied Distillers in 1976, when that firm purchased the Teacher’s estate. In 1991, it was released as two 12-year-old expressions – one aged in ex-Bourbon, one in ex-Sherry – a real innovation for the time, but the brand never received any serious backing. Placed in mothballs between 1996 and 2002, it ended up with Pernod Ricard which sold it in 2008 to The BenRiach Distilling Co.
Since then, a new visitor’s centre has been opened and a new range of single malts has been released. It is fast becoming a favourite with Sherried malt lovers globally and has built a considerable following in Taiwan.
Glendronach was purchased by Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whiskey producer Brown Forman in 2016 along with its acquisition of The BenRiach Distillery Company.
*Due to high demand, there may be a delay in immediate availability. Please allow 7 days for delivery
51.8% ABV
70cl
