Glendronach for Belgium (en)

Other bottle offered byYhe  Nectar, this Glendronach sold at 104 euros received excellent marks from 78 to 94. So it's not exactly what one might call a consensual whisky with the gap of 16 points, but the average is excellent: 87.83 points. It ended in second place during this session.
Here are the notes extremes:

Johannes Sauer

Colour: Most beautiful dark mahogany. Nearly black tea. Nose: The first sniff suggests real great stuff in the glass. Sherry or some dark port cask, but not the usual rubber-fruitcake. Leaves plenty of room for other impressions: Waldmeister, dried dates, honey, walnuts and, very pleasant, a soft peat note, reminding here of wet moss in the forest. Great complexity. I once had a very old Cuban rum with a nose like that. Taste: The sherry hits the stage clearly, but very balanced harmonising with the alcohol (I guess more than 40% but I do not dare to add water here, this perfect balance could be disturbed). Now we have also dark chocolate, mocha and nougat praliné, (not the cheap sweet ones, no, from the best confiserie...), liquorice and nice wooden notes toward the never ending Finish: I have to repeat, very complex and balanced. The sherry is still present here, but again perfectly mixing with coffee, toffee and the other fine wooden (soft peat?) notes. Conclusion: I am not too much into sherry finishing usually, but this dram proves me totally wrong. A real treat. From the beginning to the last coffee - fruit trace on the palate. Guesswork: I do not usually play in this league of great whiskies, this might be a Macallan or Aberlour or such, easily more than 15 years old. So my price indication is relative high rated, if I am wrong here, I will get me a bottle immediately....

Alouis

Color: Amber Nose: very marked by the barrel, lacking balance and freshness. winy notes and resinous, caramel, dried fruit and nuts. Water brings out the wood and varnish. Palate: woody with this resin and a significant astringency. Same flavors as the nose: caramel, nuts, sugar and dried fruit. The water does not help, sherry aged in a whisky cask? Long finish on the flavors of the mouth.

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