Glendronach 1968-1993 - 25 Year Old

INFORMATION

Glendronach 1968 - 1993. 25 Year Old. Matured in Sherry Casks. 750ml. 43%.

1968 was a fantastic vintage at Glendronach, as evidenced by the 20+ superb official bottlings from the vintage released in the early 1990s. The distillery was in the doldrums at the time under the stewardship of the famously hopeless Allied Distillers, but a string of magnificent 1968 single cask editions and this small batch 25-year-old 100% sherry cask bottling released in 1993 showed whisky fans of the day that this was a distillery to be reckoned with.

DISTILLERY:Glendronach

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:43%

Bottle SIZE:75cl / 750ml

BOTTLER:Distillery Bottling

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Speyside

DISTILLED YEAR:1968

BOTTLING DATE::1993

AGE:25

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.