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Glendronach 12 Year Old - Traditional - Circa 1990

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Glendronach 12 Year Old. Traditional. Bottled circa 1990. Matured in Sherry Casks. 75cl. 43%.

A very rare version of the Glendronach 12-year-old Traditional bottled in the late 1980s or early 1990s.

This specific 75cl version does not show up at auction regularly, unlike the later 70cl bottles from the mid-1990s. It is worth noting that there are some batch variation among these Glendronach Traditional bottlings, with the darker versions generally being more popular in today's market.

Glendronach underwent an identity crisis during the period this bottling was in circulation. Following the 1970s and early 1980s, when the official 12-year-old showed little sherry influence, two distinct versions were introduced from the mid-1980s onwards: the Glendronach Original 12-year-old, which utilised both sherry casks and ‘plain’ or ‘seasoned’ oak refill casks, and the Glendronach 12-year-old Sherry-Matured, which used entirely sherry casks for maturation.

Distillery: Glendronach

Distillery Status: Working

Bottler: Distillery Bottling

Region: Highland

Bottling Year: Circa 1990

Age: 12

Category: Single Malt

Country: Scotland

Bottle Size: 75cl / 750ml

ABV: 43%

Glendronach is one of the most prominent and important distilleries in Scotland’s Highlands. The distillery was founded in the 1920s but came to wider attention in the 1960s after being taken over by Teacher’s, for which it was to become a key malt. After a low period under the notoriously careless Allied Distillers, Glendronach was revived under Billy Walker, whose Benriach Distillery Co. bought the distillery in 2008.

Walker turned around Glendronach’s fortunes by the simple expedient of great cask selection, a high quality core range and prestige bottlings of vintage sherry casks, which were already plentiful in the distillery’s inventory. This good work has continued since Walker sold the distillery to Brown Forman in 2016. At auction, 1970s sherry casks and old Teacher’s-era Glendronach bottlings are always worth seeking out, although prices now reflect the distillery’s popularity.

Distillery bottlings are, as the name suggests, bottled by or for the distillery from which the whisky has originated and are thus often referred to as Official Bottlings or OBs. Distillery bottlings are generally more desirable for collectors and usually fetch higher prices at auction than independent bottlings. They are officially-endorsed versions of the whisky from a particular distillery and are therefore considered the truest expression of the distillery’s character.

This ideal of the distillery character is regarded so seriously by the distilleries and brand owners that casks of whisky that are considered to vary too far from the archetype are frequently sold on to whisky brokers and independent bottlers. When this happens, it is often with the proviso that the distillery’s name is not allowed to be used when the cask is bottled for fear of diminishing or damaging the distillery’s character and status.

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