His aim: to hand - select only the best
sherry oak casks.
Not exact matches
(Those
casks are made of Spanish
oak then seasoned for 18 months with dry Oloroso
sherry, then shipped up to Scotland, where they're filled with Macallan's whisky.
The collectible release comes from the distillery's Speyside operation, and was aged in
sherry seasoned
oak casks for 40 years.
The 1995 expression, finished in Oloroso
sherry casks has, according to the distillery, flavours of heavy dried fruits, rich
sherry, honeyed
oak spice and dark chocolate.
Matured in three different types of
oak cask (
sherry, traditional bourbon and new
oak), the whiskey then goes into the large, handcrafted wooden Solera Vat.
This difference is principally due to Bourbon barrels being American
oak (quercus alba), with
sherry casks usually, though not always, European
oak (quercus robur).
The rum is first aged in American white
oak barrels for 9 - 12 years, and then moved to Spanish
sherry casks for up to FIFTY YEARS.
Revered for mastery of Spanish
oak sherry cask maturation, The GlenDronach is synonymous with depth of
cask colour and richness of taste, whether influenced by the sweet dark fruits of Pedro Ximenez or the dry nuttiness of Oloroso
sherry.
The
casks, ranging from 11 to 28 years old, and distilled between 1989 and 2006, showcase facets of the nature of The GlenDronach distilled through the years, matured in Spanish
oak sherry casks.
TFWA in Cannes will also see the global unveiling of The Macallan in Lalique - 62 years old, a Highland single malt Scotch whisky malted exclusively in
oak sherry casks from Jerez, Spain.
A 17 - years - old single malt Scotch whisky, The Dark has been matured in European
oak sherry seasoned
casks.