Distillery in Focus:        GlenDronach
Région: Highlands (Aberdeenshire)
Nom: GlenDronach ("Vallée des mûres"). Ancien nom: Glenronach.
Status: Active
Site web: http://glendronachdistillery.com
Téléphone: 0131 456 2670
E-Mail: info@glendronachdistillery.co.uk
Adresse: Forgue By Huntly, AB54 6DB, 57°29'3.18"N 2°37'30.74"W
Centre pour visiteur: Oui
Propriétaire: The BenRiach Distillery Company Ltd
Etablie en 1826
Alambiques: 2 wash et 2 spirit stills
Pourcentage de single malts: 5%
Fûts pour la maturation sont: majoritairement sherry.
Contribue(ait) aux blends suivants: Ballantine's, Teachers

Embouteillages officiels réguliers:

GlenDronach 12 YO 43%
GlenDronach 15 YO 46% Revival
GlenDronach 18 YO 46% Allardice
GlenDronach 31 YO 45.8% Grandeur
GlenDronach 33 YO 40%

GlenDronach Finish

Plusieurs affinages (finish) sont actuellement disponibles (2011): Sauternes, Virgin Oak, Moscatel et Tawny Port

Autres embouteillages:

En plus de la gamme principale, plusieurs batchs de fûts uniques (single caks) ont été produits, avec le batch 1 en Juillet 2009, suivi du batch 2 en juillet 2010, batch 3 en novembre 2010 et les batchs 4 et 5 prévus pour 2011. De plus, plusieurs embouteillages pour les clients furent produits.

Notes de dégusation: cliquez ici.

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Histoire de la distillerie de Glendronach

En 1826, James Allardice (Allardyce or Allardes) fonda la distillerie en compagnie de plusieurs partenaires. John Allardyce repris la direction en 1837. La distillerie fut acquise en 1852 par Walter Scott, directeur opérationnel, conjointement avec Alexander Ross.  Walter Scott fut le premier président de la Malt Distillers’ Association of Scotland. En 1887 la distillerie fut enregistrée sous le nom de John Sommerville & Co, avant d’être acquise par la couronne en 1916. La distillerie fut ensuite fermée jusqu’en 1920, jusqu’à ce que le capitaine Charles Grant, le fils du fondateur de la distillerie Glenfiddich, l’acquerra pour la somme de £9000. Afin de garantir l’approvisionnement de Glendronach pour leur blend Teacher’s, William Teacher & sons achetèrent la distillerie et décidèrent d’augmenter le nombre d’alambiques de 2 à 4. William Teacher devint part d’Allied Breweries Ltd en 1976. En 1996, Allied Distillers décidèrent de fermé la distillerie. La production repris en 2001 et 3 ans plus tard, en 2005, Chivas acquéra Allied Distillers. Suite aux règlements de la communauté européenne, GlenDronach fut convertie du chauffage au charbon au chauffage à vapeur. Glendronach fut la dernière distillerie d’Ecosse à chauffer ses alambiques au charbon. En 2008, la distillerie fut rachetée par The BenRiach Distillery Company et le nom de la marque changée de « Glendronach » en « GlenDronach ». En 2024, la gamme reçoit un lifting et le packaging renouvelé.

Source: Visite de la distillerie, The Making of Scotch whisky par JR Hume et MS Moss, The Scotch Whisky Distilleries de Misako Udo. The Scotch whisky industry record par H. Charles, Craig et The Whisky distilleries of Scotland and Ireland par P. Morrice,

Les vieilles aires de maltage à GlenDronach

 

Le mash tun en cuivre	et vue de la salle des alambiques.

 

La station de remplissage des fûts à la distillerie de GlenDronach.

 

Whiskies dégustés (126):

Mises en bouteilles officielles/originales (OB) par le propriétaire
Age
GlenDronach Octarine, 8 YO, OB, 46%, B: 2013	Score: 13/20
GlenDronach 8 YO, OB, 45.4%, D: 1973	Score: 14/20
GlenDronach 8 YO “Teacher’s”, OB, 40%, B: 1980s.	Score: 13/20
GlenDronach Hielan, 8 YO, OB, 46%, B:2015	Score: 10/20
GlenDronach Forgue, 10 ans, OB, 43%, B:2019	Score: 13/20
GlenDronach 12 YO, 40%, OB: B: 2005	Score: 12/20
GlenDronach 12 YO, OB, 43%, B:2016	Score: 16/20
Glendronach 12 ans, OB, 46%, B:2024.	Score: 13/20
GlenDronach 14 YO Virgin Oak, OB, 46%, B: 2010	Score: 12/20
GlenDronach 15 YO Moscatel, OB, 46%, B: 2010	Score: 14/20
Glendronach 15 YO 100% sherry, OB, 40%, B: 2003	Score: 13/20
GlenDronach 15% 100% Sherry, OB, 40%, B:2000s, Code L01758.	Score: 16/20
Glendronach 15 YO Revival, 46%, OB, B: 2009	Score: 15/20
GlenDronach 15 YO Revival, OB, 46%, B:2012	Score: 15/20
GlenDronach 15 YO Revival, OB, 46%, B:2018	Score: 14/20
Glendronach 15 ans, OB, 46%, B:2024.	Score: 15/20
GlenDronach 16 YO Platinum, OB, 48%, B:2014.	Score: 13/20
Glendronach 18 YO Allardice, 46%, OB, B: 2009	Score: 17/20
GlenDronach 18 YO Allardice, OB, 46%, B:2016	Score: 14/20
Glendronach 18 ans, OB, 46%, B :2024	Score: 16/20
GlenDronach 21 YO Parliament, OB, 48%, B: 2011	Score: 17/20
GlenDronach 21 YO Parliament, OB, 48%	Score: 16/20
GlenDronach 31 Grandeur, OB, 45.8%, B: 2010	Score: 17/20
Glendronach 33 YO, OB, 40%, D: 1971	Score: 15/20
Millésime
Glendronach 1968, OB, 43%	Score : 17/20
Glendronach 1968, 25 YO, OB, 43%, B: 1993.	Score: 18/20
GlenDronach 1971, 38 YO, OB, 49.4%, B:2009, c 483, 544 b.	Score : 17/20
GlenDronach 1971 Batch 2, 39 YO, 48.8%, B: 2010. c. 489, 541 b.	Score: 15/20
GlenDronach 1971, 40 YO, OB, 48.5%, B: 2011, c 1436,  583 b.	Score: 17/20
GlenDronach 1971, 41 YO, OB, 47.9%, B: 2012, c. 1247, 529 b.	Score: 17/20
GlenDronach 1971, 42 YO, OB, 44.6%, B:2013, c 1246, 432 b.	Score : 16/20
GlenDronach 1972, 37 YO, OB, 54.8%, B:2009, c.719, 474 b.	Score: 19/20
GlenDronach 1972 for LMDW, 37 YO, OB, 53.3%, c. 705, 275 b.	Score: 15/20
GlenDronach 1972, 38 YO, OB, 51.5%, B:2010, c. 718, 396 b.	Score: 16/20
GlenDronach 1978, 31 YO, OB,  51.2%, B: 2010, c.1040, 645 b.	Score: 17/20
GlenDronach 1978, 33 YO, OB, 52.9%, B:2012, c. 1068, 318 b.	Score: 16/20
GlenDronach 1985 for Lateltin, 25 YO, OB, 54.1%; B: 2011, c. 1034, 603 b.	Score: 17/20
GlenDronach 1989, 20 YO, OB, 53.2%, B: 2010, c. 3315, 522 b	Score: 15/20
GlenDronach 1989, 28 YO, OB, 49.9%, B:2018, Pedro Ximinez cask 5476.	Score: 13/20
GlenDronach 1990, 20 YO, OB, 57.9%, B: 2010, cask 2621, 546 bouteilles.	Score: 13/20
Glendronach 1990, 22 YO, OB, 55.1%, B: 2012, c. 2966	Score: 14/20
GlenDronach 1990 Single Cask for Switzerland, 20 YO, OB, 49.8%, B: 2011, c.1241, 691 b.	Score: 15/20
GlenDronach 1990 For Lateltin, 22 YO, OB, 52.1%, B: 2012, c.1160, 718 b.	Score: 12/20
GlenDronach 1990, 22 YO, OB, 50.8%, B: 2013, c. 2971, 604 b.	Score: 15/20
GlenDronach 1990, 27 YO, OB, 53.4%, B:2017, c.7005.	Score: 14/20
GlenDronach 1991, 18 YO, 51.7%, B: 2010, c. 3182, 632 b.	Score: 17/20
GlenDronach 1991, 19 YO, OB, 55.4%, c. 2406, 532 b.	Score: 15/20
GlenDronach 1991, 21 YO, OB, 49.8%, B: 2013, c.5409, 716 b	Score: 16/20
GlenDronach 1991 Kingsman, 25 YO, OB, 48.2%, B:2017, 2500 b.	Score: 16/20
Glendronach 1992 Oloroso butt for Parker, OB, 17 YO, 58.8%, B: 2009, cask 401, 626 b.	Score: 17/20
GlenDronach 1992, 16 YO, OB, 57.2%, B: 2009, c 1140 598 b.	Score: 17/20
GlenDronach 1992 selected by The Whisky Club and Versailles, 16 YO, OB, 60.8%, B: 2009, cask 39, 306 b.	Score: 18/20
GlenDronach 1992, 21 YO, OB, 58.1%, B:2013, c.145, 598 b.	Score: 15/20
GlenDronach for Tiger Selection 1992, 24 YO, OB, 57.6%, B:2016, c 95.	Score: 17/20
GlenDronach 1992 for Hsiu Ming, 24 YO, OB, 57.5%, B:2016, c.97, 586 b.	Score: 15/20
GlenDronach 1992, 25 YO, OB, 58.5%, B:2017, c.52.	Score: 16/20
GlenDronach 1992, 25 YO, OB, 57%, B:2017, c. 89.	Score: 13/20
GlenDronach 1992 For Whisky Paradise SRL, 26 YO, OB, 52.8%, B:2018, c. 67.	Score: 16/20
GlenDronach 1992 for Whisky-online.com, 26 YO, OB, 54.7%, B: 2019, c. 220.	Score: 15/20
GlenDronach 1993, 16 YO, OB, 60.4%, B: 2009, c. 523, 634 b.	Score: 17/20
GlenDronach 1993 for LMDW, 16 YO, OB, 61.7%. cask 528	Score: 16/20
GlenDronach 1993, 17 YO, OB, 60.5%, B: 2010, c. 529. 604 b.	Score: 16/20
GlenDronach 1993 Single Cask Hand Filled (Manager’s selection), OB, 65.1%, B: 2011, cask 1610.	Score: 18/20
Glendronach 1993, 19 YO, OB, 59.4%, B: 2012,  c. 536	Score: 15/20
GlenDronach 1993 for UK, 19 YO, OB, 54.2%, B: 2012, c. 487, 673 b.	Score: 09/20
GlenDronach 1993 for LMDW and The Nectar, 19 YO, OB, 53.2%, B : 2012, c. 12, 623 b.	Score: 16/20
GlenDronach 1993, 19 YO, OB, 58.1%, B:2012, c.  467, 613 b.	Score: 15/20
GlenDronach 1993 For The Whisky Fair, OB, 52.6%, B:2013, c. 13	Score: 16/20
GlenDronach 1993, 19 YO, OB, 58.1%, B: 2012, c. 476, 613 b.	Score: 15/20
GlenDronach 1993 for Whiskybase, 21 YO, OB, 52.1%, B:2014, c. 23.	Score: 15/20
GlenDronach 1993, 21 YO, OB, 52.3%, B: 2014, c. 6.	Score: 17/20
Glendronach 1993, 21 YO, OB, 59.6%, B:2016, cask 38, Oloroso Butt, 622 b.	Score: 17/20
GlenDronach 1993 Beija-Flor & Silver Seal, 21 YO, OB, 58.1%, B:2014, c. 35, 605 b.	Score: 16/20
GlenDronach  1993 for Beija-Flor & Silver Seal, 21 YO, OB, 59.6%, B:2014, c. 38, 622 b.	Score: 17/20
GlenDronach 1993 for DC and TDM, 23 YO, OB, 59.1%, B:2016, c. 41	Score: 16/20
GlenDronach 1993, 24 YO, OB, 59.2%, B:2017, c. 43.	Score: 14/20
GlenDronach 1993 for La Maison du Whisky and The Nectar,  24 YO, OB, 52.4%, B:2017, c. 401	Score: 13/20
GlenDronach 1993 for Andy's Selection No.2 Taiwan, 24 YO, OB,  53.5%, B:2017, c. 407, 633 b.	Score: 17/20
Glendronach 1993, 25 YO, OB, 53.9%, B: 2019, fût 6251	Score: 16/20
GlenDronach 1993 pour Scotchwhisky.com, 26 ans, OB, 50,9%, B: 2018, fût 6849.	Score: 16/20
GlenDronach 1994 Oloroso Puncheon for Parker, OB, 14 YO, 58.5%, B: 2009, c.2311, 596 b.	Score: 14/20
GlenDronach 1994 for Abbeywhisky.com, 20 YO, OB, 54.8%, B:2014, c.3400, 672 b.	Score: 14/20
GlenDronach 1994 for Whisky Live Tokyo 2014, 20 YO, OB, 58.1%, c. 44, 595 b.	Score: 16/20
GlenDronach 1994 Andy’s Selection N°1, 21 YO, OB, 53.8%, B:2016, c. 259, 587 b.	Score: 17/20
GlenDronach 1994 Distillery Exclusive, 21 YO, OB, 53.2%, B:2017, c. 3399, 629 b.	Score: 16/20
GlenDronach 1994, 22 YO, OB, 51.6%, B:2017, c. 3379.	Score: 15/20
GlenDronach 1994 pour LMDW, 28 ans, OB, 51,1%, B:2023, fût 2023	Score: 17/20
GlenDronach 1995 Pedro Ximinez sherry puncheon for UK, 15 YO, OB, 56.2%, B: 2011, c. 4681, 725 b.	Score: 16/20
Glendronach 1995 For Mövenpick AG,18 YO, OB, 55.1%, B: 2013, c. 1654.	Score: 17/20
GlenDronach 1995 for The Whisky Agency, 18 YO, OB, 52.2%, c. 4408.	Score: 15/20
GlenDronach 1995 for La Maison Du Whisky, 19 YO, OB, 54.2%, c. 1563.	Score: 15/20
GlenDronach 1995 for Whiskybase, OB, 54.2%, B:2015, c. 3804, 694 b.	Score: 13/20
GlenDronach 1995 for The Whisky Exchange, 19 YO, OB, 55.4%, c. 4028.	Score: 12/20
GlenDronach 1995, 19 YO, OB, 55.4%, B:2015, c. 4034	Score: 16/20
GlenDronach 1995 Vive La Vie, 19 YO, OB, 54.1%, B:2014, c. 78, 583 b.	Score: 17/20
GlenDronach 1995 for Shiuh Heng Co. Ltd, 21 YO, OB, 54.6%, B:2016, c. 1523, 684 b.	Score: 18/20
GlenDronach 1995, 21 YO, OB, 52.6%, B:2017, PX c. 4418.	Score: 17/20
GlenDronach 1995 for La Maison du Whisky, OB, 48.9%, B:2017, c.3054	Score: 14/20
GlenDronach 1996, 13 YO, OB, 59.4%, B: 2009, c 193, 399 b.	Score: 14/20
GlenDronach 1995 For Lateltin Switzerland, 52.8%, B:2017, c. 3042, 629 b.	Score: 17/20
GlenDronach 1996 for Wein & Whisky Berlin, 54.7%, B:2011, c.1372, 401 b.	Score: 14/20
GlenDronach 1996 for Whiskykanzler.de, OB, 53.8%, B: 2011, c. 1492, 696 b.	Score: 09/20
Glendronach 1996 For Vinothek Massen et Dram Brothers, 17 YO, OB, 53.4%, B: 2013, cask 1479	Score: 15/20
GlenDronach 2002 for LMDW, 8 YO, OB, 59.9%, B: 2010, c. 694, 258 b.	Score: 13/20
GlenDronach 2002 Virgin Oak the Nectar,10 YO,  OB, 57.1%, B : 2012, c. 4530, 298 b.	Score: 15/20
GlenDronach 2003 for WhiskyKanzler.de, OB, 56.8%, B: 2011, c. 3999, 702 b.	Score: 14/20
GlenDronach 2003 for Lateltin AG Switzerland, 12 YO, OB, 54.3%, B:2015, c. 4098.	Score: 13/20
GlenDronach 2003 For Taiwan, 11 YO, OB, 54.8%, B:2014, c. 4002, 687 b.	Score: 18/20
GlenDronach 2003 For Taiwan, 11 YO, OB, 53.9%, B:2014, c. 4008, 678 b.	Score: 17/20
GlenDronach 2003 for Yong Fu Liqor Store, 12 YO, OB, 55.8%	Score: 16/20
GlenDronach 2004, 11 YO, OB, 57.8%, B:2015, c. 5524.	Score: 12/20
GlenDronach 2004 for CC Choice N°1 Taiwan, 12 YO, OB, 54.1%, B:2016, c. 349.	Score: 15/20
GlenDronach 2004 Hand-filled, OB, 56.1%, B: 2017, c. 345/6630.	Score: 16/20
Glendronach 2004 for Asia Palate Association, 13 YO, OB, 58.1%, B:2016, c. 6628, 647 b.	Score: 17/20
Sans âge spécifié (NAS)
GlenDronach Cask Strength Batch 2, OB, 55.2%, B: 2012	Score: 14/20
GlenDronach Cask Strength Batch 3, OB, 54.9%, B:2014	Score: 13/20
GlenDronach Cask Strength batch 6, OB, 56.1%, B:2017.	Score: 15/20
GlenDronach Peated, OB, 46%	Score: 12/20
GlenDronach Peated Port Wood, OB, 46%, B:2017	Score: 17/20

 

Indépendants (IB)
Cadenhead's
Glendronach 1970 White Label, Cadenhead’s, 58,9%, fût 26.	Score: 15/20
Glendronach 1988 , 10 YO, Cadenhead, 61.3%, B: 1999. 426 b	Score: 16/20
Glendronach 1990 Small Batch, 23 YO, Cadenhead’s, 49.5%, 534 b.	Score: 13/20
Douglas Laing
Glendronach 1985 OMC sherry finish, 20 YO, Douglas Laing, B: 2006, ref 1488, 239 b.	Score: 16/20
Glendronach 1995 OMC for Passchendaele 1917 Pipes and Drums, 14 YO, D. Laing, Ref 5671, 240 b.	Score: 14/20
Dun Bheagan
Glendronach 1975, 34 YO, Dun Bheagan, 47.8%, B: 2009, cask 1704, 226 b.	Score: 18/20
Hart Brothers
Glendronach 2009 pour les Pays-Bas, 11 ans, Hart Brothers, 58,1%, B: 2020	Score: 15/20
Murray McDavid
Glendronach 1975 Mission IV, 23 YO, MMD, 46%, B: 1998	Score: 16/20
Glendronach 1990, 13 YO, Murray McDavid, 46%, MM579	Score: 09/20
Samaroli
Glendronach 1970, Samaroli, 43%, 480 b.	Score: 18/20
Signatory
Glendronach 1970, 20 YO, Signatory, 56%, B: 1990, cask 513-8, 1800 b.	Score: 18/20
Glendronach 1970 Prestonfield, 18 YO, The Higlander, 43%, c. 542-558.	Score: 15/20
Glendronach 1977, Signatory, 47.5%, B: 2005, cask 3720, 147 b	Score: 14/20
Glendronach 1987, 9 YO, Signatory, 43%, B: 1997, c. 62	Score: 12/20