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16th November 2012 |
GlenDronach
1990 wins top award in Scottish Field’s
2012 Whisky Challenge.
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GlenDronach 1990 single cask bottling
has won three top awards in this year’s
prestigious Scottish Field Whisky
Challenge.
The bottling of cask number 2966, a
Pedro Ximenez sherry puncheon, was voted
Winner in the "Over £80" category, top
Distillery Bottling and also won the big
award – the coveted "Whisky of the Year"
for 2012.
In a further accolade for the
Aberdeenshire distillery, two other
expressions – the GlenDronach 18 year
old Allardice and the 21 yo Parliament –
were both nominated in the "£35-£80"
category, earning strong endorsements
from the judging panel.
It’s the twelfth year of the awards in
which forty-five of Scotland’s top
whiskies went head to head to be crowned
Whisky of the Year.
The Whisky Challenge team said: "Now in
its twelfth year, the Scottish Field
Whisky Challenge has firmly established
itself as a credible guide to Scotland's
very best whiskies as well as an event
that is eagerly awaited by connoisseurs
and whisky enthusiasts alike."
This year the judges, drawn from some of
the top independent whisky retailers in
Scotland, were Darren Leitch, Duncan
Ralph, Mark Angus, Julie Trevisan
Hunter, Mike Lord, Mark Connolly and
Robin Russell.
And they were unanimous that the
GlenDronach 22yo was an outstanding
winner. In the knockout round in the
morning session, all seven voted that it
should go forward to the afternoon
session. Normally at least one judge
demurs so for all to agree is extremely
rare.
In her notes, Julie Trevisan Hunter
said: “A wonderful rich palate of bitter
cherries and dark chocolate” while Robin
Russell declared: “It’s one for the
sherry monsters. Forget collecting this
one – simply buy it and enjoy.”
Distilled and filled to cask on May 30,
1990 and bottled in June this year as
part of GlenDronach single casks' “Batch
6”, the 1990 cask # 2966 is aged 22
years old and has been bottled at cask
strength (55.1% vol). The cask produced
just 539 bottles which retail in the UK
at approximately £95.99 per 700ml.
The judges were equally complimentary
about the GlenDronach 18 and 21
year-olds which were nominated in the
"£35-£80" category. The Allardice was
"full bodied and rich with dark fruits,
Christmas cake mix and a satisfying
spicy wood flavour” while the Parliament
was “an astoundingly big sherry cask
whisky with lots of bodega notes, plums,
bitter chocolate and a hugely long
finish."
GlenDronach Sales Director Alistair
Walker said: "We’re obviously really
pleased to win the big award. We release
a number of single cask bottlings from
GlenDronach each year, with vintages
ranging from 1971 to 1996, and they are
very popular. For the 1990 cask # 2966
to receive such fantastic recognition
helps to underline the quality across
the range of single cask releases from
GlenDronach."
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