GlenDronach 10 Year (SWMS 96.32 "Sunshiny Shimmer of Satisfaction")

 

My first independent bottling of GlenDronach, from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society ("SMWS")! I love their official bottlings, at least the earlier non-chill-filtered ones, even though I haven't always been great about reviewing them here. I feel like the GlenDronach story is pretty well known by now, but just in case, here is a link to the whole thing. 

GlenDronach "The Original" 12 Year

GlenDronach 12 Year ("The Original") is maybe the most emblematic sherried Scotch I can think of. This is delicious, lovely stuff, and takes virtually all of its flavor notes from medium-to-full bodied sherry (which makes sense considered it was aged in Ximenez and Oloroso casks). The first time I caught the scent of this whisky over the glass, I might as well have been opening a bottle of sherry. It's almost indistinguishable.