Glendronach 31 Year Old - Grandeur Batch 1 - 2010 Release

INFORMATION

Glendronach 31 Year Old. Grandeur batch 1. Bottled 2010. One of 1013 bottles matured in Oloroso Sherry Casks. 70cl. 45.8%.

A phenomenal dram, and one of the key steps in Glendronach distillery’s remarkable comeback story. Glendronach Grandeur 31-year-old Batch 1 appeared in 2010, less than two years after Billy Walker had acquired the distillery and is a vatting of a handful of top class Oloroso sherry casks distilled towards the end of the 1970s.  A limited edition of 1013 bottles at 45.8%, equivalent to the old Imperial 80-Proof.

DISTILLERY:Glendronach

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:45.8%

Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml

Bottle PRODUCED:1013

BOTTLER:Distillery Bottling

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

LIMITED EDITION:yes

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Speyside

BOTTLING DATE::2010

AGE:31

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.