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always liked this bottling, not complex but enjoyable.

When you want to endulge in a full warm and satisfying sherry experience, nothing beats a GlenDronach. I love this!

initial tatste is nice, some kirch.. but no strong finish

An interesting old Glendronach. It's very powerful on the nose, after all it's not bad, I just wouldn't have expected this on the taste. But there is a completely different flavor than the later 15yo Revival version!

Interesting how different modern bottlings are - in this case I would not even say that everything was better in the old days. Different, but not better. Tastes full of retro - I like the nose the best.

Style: A rich and robust Oloroso sherry monster.Nose: Dark chocolate, stewed fruits, and spiced oak. Palate: Luxurious mouthfeel with layers of dark cherry, walnut liqueur, and baking spices.Finish: Long, dry, and elegantly oaky with lingering sherry sweetness.

A rich and smooth body.

Wonderful old-style standard with a strong dash of old-bottle flavor. Delicious.

Beautiful old fashioned Glendronach. Especially the sherry casks from back then are striking compared to the 15 of today.

The deep color and rich flavor in this 15 yr is fantastic. It is more exciting than its younger brother 12 yr. Complex, mature, nutty, cinnamon, vanilla. The finish is fantastic and very impressive just inviting another go at it!

The second time I drank it, I actually had some liquorice and mint in the aftertaste, and the flavor balance was much better than the Glendronach 12yo of the same period.

A unique malty sweetness crowds into the nose. For soft drink and sweet. Sherry cask at its finest. Prolonged very smooth finish completes this bottling

After one dram you want another, and another, and........ Very drinkable

N: burned Sugar, sherry, sulphury notes P: full, rich, sherry sugary notes F: warm, yet light and drying. C: A beauty this one is. Just an initial note I made, I'll make a proper one later

Fruity and spicy aroma, beef stock, wet hay, gunpowder, orange juice, raspberries, coffee, dark chocolate, raisins, malt and vanilla. Vanilla sweet taste, mint, pepper, raisins, vanilla, banana and malt. Medium long, fruity and malty end. Fruity and spicy aroma, beef stock, wet hay, gunpowder, orange juice, raspberries, coffee, dark chocolate, raisins, malt and vanilla. Vanilla sweet taste, mint, pepper, raisins, vanilla, banana and malt. Medium long, fruity and malty end. Score 82p. I tasted (probably) another batch at the last NMWS Stavanger tasting earlier this month. The bottle had been opened for 10-15 years and was just above half full. It was much lighter and much more on tropical fruit, without the sulphury aroma. It seems to be quit a lot of batches of this bottling, produced for many years and under different owners and with different taste and aroma. Score 88p.

I like it very much. Tobacco, Leather.. and some Peat?

Good to drink with great swig, otherwise too light.

Great sherried malt, old bottle style but rather fragile and different in character than later bottlings under new ownership. Fruitier and less brutal on the Oloroso. Higher abv. would help. Nonetheless a very fun sipper from yesteryear.

A rather weird profile, but not necessarily a must-try, even for fans of the distillery.

The richness and oiliness of the old sherry whisky, a little richer than the alcohol strength, but still light body, softness

F: dark gold, slightly greenish N: very weak and relaxing, sherry, fruits, some sulfur? G: body too light, taste too volatile - there is very little over there. A: alcoholic with only weak taste impressions. does not tolerate water second attempt with "big sips": G: Sherry more intense, better - but still way too easy and not very interesting N: long - sweet - sherry, liquorice?

Its got the old maltyness with light sherry notes Thin shellow but still pleasant with nice balance. Not complex nor deep at any sides.. but still adorable. Light medium fisnish with lack of unpleasant tastes Very nice but nothing special about it

Nose: Boiled onion, sherry, dirt, chestnut flower Taste: Sherry, dirt, raisin, dried berries / Bit dry, not very sweet Finish: Sherry / Neat, not spicy

sample. I wouldn't buy a bottle of this. A few nice notes here and there but nothing remarkable.

Nose: My first thought: milk-based walnut ice cream, with a sour old spicy sherry note (which almost always reminds me of lovage). After some time in the glass, the harsh oak flavors can be identified, which leave me long stale black tea with some mint, tobacco and leather associate. The alcohol is not present in any degree, wonders at 40% vol. But also not. But the aroma is not weak due to the alcohol either. He is a flatterer and has something of everything, Nothing really stands out. With more oxygen, the walnut ice vanishes note; earthy wood tones and old vinous, spicy sour sherry go hand in hand. In between, some dark chocolate and nut nougat always flash out of the flavors. I like the nose very much! Taste: Soft, old and damn spicy, it comes over in the first sip. Barely sweet and relatively low in acidity, but a great deal of old sherry that reminds me of old leather couches, tobacco, black tea and cocoa. Perfect mouthfeel and exactly my case. He generally looks older in taste than he is. Nevertheless, I think 43% or 46% vol. would have been a little better. The second sip is also impressive with no alcohol, an acid-spike approach, but can not prevail against the spice's strong spiciness. The finish is bittersweet and long-lasting spicy and goes back into cocoa. The finish is medium I would say. In general, the flavors are just my case, but 40% are a bit weak. Conclusion: delicious. I can hardly say more about that. A little weak on the chest because of the 40% vol., But still the flavors I was hoping for. If he was not that bad now, I might get a bottle.

This was a very special bottling. Very intense taste and a very special aroma (marzipan).

Excellent for sherry lovers.

The 15-year-old Glendronach Revival was one of my absolute favorite whiskys when I started whisky. One more reason to try this old 15-year-old Glendronach and to see how the bottling differs from the Glendronachs of recent years. The only 40% alcohol content is generally not enough for me, but maybe the Glendronach can surprise with more fullness and intensity than I think ... I'm excited. It is immediately noticeable in the nose that this whisky is very different from the more modern bottlings. Intense sherry flows in the nose, incredibly sweet and with a completely different character ... from the tendency for me it is more towards the Couvreur. Everything is incredibly smooth and soft, the flavors have few edges. Honey sweetness combines with boiled strawberries, raspberries, cherries and plum jam. Raisins covered with milk chocolate and caramel are very present. A gentle spiciness fights through the sweet fruitiness and brings along with a little pepper and a little hint of lovage also the tart notes with hints of leather and old wooden furniture. So different from the current bottlings from Glendronach but wonderfully smooth and pleasant. The somewhat sour, fresher aromas that are found in the current bottlings alongside the typical deep Glendronach sherry aromas are missing. This makes the whisky a little dull, if you can put it like that. In the mouth, the whisky has a stronger start than I would have expected the 40% alcohol content. But it is still a bit thin and there is simply a lack of intensity and fullness. The spiciness literally tingles on the tongue without becoming too sharp, but more like carbon dioxide from the mouth. The tannins are now much stronger than they were on the nose. Chewed walnuts ensure dryness in the mouth, the raisins ensure a deep sweetness and the whole milk chocolate coating is now made of dark chocolate with more than 75% cocoa. The sweetness is no longer as dominant as when smelling. The leather is now becoming more and more intense, tobacco notes are being added. The bitterness of coffee is palpable. Compared to the nose, I lack the dominant fruitiness here. In the mouth, the bitter notes have the scepter in hand and the sweetness and fruitiness are present throughout, but no longer play the leading role. I liked the whisky a lot better in my nose. The finish is medium-long with pepper, which still provides a subtle sharpness in the mouth and the tart notes such as leather, wet tobacco, damp forest floor, old, slightly moldy wood and toasted aromas of coffee or slightly burnt bread crust. The sweetness is barely there, the dark fruits are present throughout the mouth, but rather as a soft veil, which envelops the tart flavors quite inconspicuously, but no longer plays a really important role. The finish is too bitter for me, the balance is no longer right. The woodiness goes too much in the musty direction, that's not my thing. Overall, I found the whisky in my nose really great. The taste could then no longer keep up with the current 15-year-old Glendronach and the finish drops off significantly for me. Because of the great aromas in the nose, the whisky gets a scarce 87/100 points from me with a clear downward tendency towards 86 points. In the past, things weren't always better.

Raised in 100% sherry casks: yes, that's noticeable. A delicious malt that unfortunately ends on a very slight metallic note that prevents it from reaching the exceptional malts.