Glendronach 15yo (52.2%, OB for Kensington Calgary, PX, C#1410, 682 Bts., D 10/03/’95 B 08/2010)

Another exclusive single cask bottling for Kensington Wine Mart in Calgary, Canada under the expert guidance of Andrew Ferguson ‘the scotch guy’ and this time a Pedro Ximenez Sherry Puncheon. Non chill filtered and bottled at natural colour.

The color is very dark with rich red highlights, the nose is very rich with a fragrant back ground, rich fruit cake, dark rum soaked plump raisins, over ripe apples and strawberry jam. The fragrance arrives in the form of heather and pink grapefruit. Extremely pleasant and luxurious. The wood notes arrive after a few minutes in the glass in the form of oak spice and some red cedar. The taste is sherried (whoo hoo!) and then lots of very oak spice notes and a very, very rich creaminess which after a few moments turns to a dried tobacco like richness that is quite rare in single malts, very much the oak influence here and quite sensational. Also some clove, resin, linseed and…. Ooof, it’s very nice. The finish is warming, long and fragrant once again. The wood notes are once again very prevalent and it’s quite dry however this is good. There is also some later moments of honey (but not domestic honey) but wild honey.

Yet another cracker from Kensington Wine Mart.

$115

Score 89 points

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