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GlenDronach Single Cask 38 Year Old, Oloroso Sherry Cask, Cask #718, Batch No. 2, 2010, 51.5%
GlenDronach

GlenDronach Single Cask 38 Year Old, Oloroso Sherry Cask, Cask #718, Batch No. 2, 2010, 51.5%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 51
Average Score
Avg 93
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Description

In 1826 the exuberant and extroverted James Allardice, along with a consortium of local farmers, founded the distillery and began producing his "Guid GlenDronach" single malt. Unfortunately Allardice's marketing strategy of offering free drams to Edinburgh's "ladies of night", coupled with a fire at the distillery in 1837, led to him declaring bankruptcy. Thankfully however, the story doesn't end. This 38-year-old Glendronach 1972 came from single cask 718, an Oloroso sherry butt that yielded 396 bottles at a feisty 51.5% natural cask strength. It was released by the distillery in 2010 as part of Batch 2 of their single cask releases, following the takeover by Billy Walker in 2008. The 1972 vintage editions have passed into whisky folklore thanks to their glorious tropical fruit notes and a particularly noticeable thread of earthy phenols among the rich sherry flavours.

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Scotch Whisky AuctionsAuction Sold Price - Apr 12, 2026SGD 4,727.22
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Cask type
Sherry
Bottling
Official Bottling
Peated
Unpeated
Single cask
Yes
Non-chill filtered
Yes
Cask origin
N.A
Cask no.
718
Batch
Batch 2
PPM
N.A
Barley
N.A
Fermentation
N.A
Master distiller (bottling)
Billy Walker
Master distiller (distillation)
N.A
Limited edition
Yes
Bottle count
396
Has box
Yes
Closure
Cork
Presentation
Box
Series highlights
Single Cask releases, Batch 2
Historical context
2010 early Batch 2 single-cask release following the 2008 Billy Walker takeover
Special release
N.A
Allocation
N.A
Nose
Plenty of fruits, including poached pears, yellow plums, overripe mango, blood orange, passion fruit, and fruit jelly notes (quince, raspberry, cassis). Butter toffee, faint cardamom, sherry, raisins, figs, dates, walnuts, nutmeg, cinnamon, sweet leather, glue, French onion soup, and wood mulch.
Palate
Slightly sour stewed fruits, soft vanilla, milk chocolate, walnuts, almonds, and oak. Big, varied flavors with a surprising sweetness and tropical fruits intertwined with sherry.
Finish
Very long, slightly fruity but really dry with notes of walnut skin. Drying but not too much so, long and mild.
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