Hand-filled at the distillery in 2021. Distilled in 28/10/2009 and bottled 24/10/2021 so almost 12 years old. Some of the hand-fills at Glendronach are legendary so expectations are always high. This one is a spicy dram with dark fruits, dates, cadburys fruit and nut milk chocolate, and cinnamon notes. Its quite hot and the alcohol could be better integrated - let it rest for a few minutes and its good.
Some lovely ocean spray and subtle smoke on the nose. More of the ocean than the fire on the nose at least. Sweet upfront and then a little prickly, but beautifully done. Apricot jam which reveals freshly cracked black pepper, that smoothens into cured meats and honey. This dram gives a charcuterie board alongside a cigar. A taster is well worthwhile as this has certainly moved me towards buying a bottle.
I've actually been wanting to taste this so I can make up my mind to buy a bottle. When I found your site and saw it had this I immediately bought some tasting samples and absolutely loved it! Will definitely invest in a bottle
Heard for a while how good Littlemill’s can be. This SMWS 30yo certainly did not disappoint, the nose on this dram was amazing.
It was a flavour packed palete, that certainly stood out as such a fine whisky.
Thanks again Horny Pony for providing some banging drams, with a great service throughout