It won’t be long now before the GlenDronach 21 Years Parliament will be made from whisky that was distilled after GlenDronach reopened in the early 2000s. It means that the release I’m selling today will be at least 25 years old, maybe even 26 years, since it was bottled in 2022. After all, the distillery was closed between 1996 and 2002, and that gap of six years forces GlenDronach to use older whisky than necessar. Nose: Definitely a whiff of struck matches and other sulphuric elements, but they don’t distract much (and disappear altogether after a while) from the creamy cherry influence, cassis, some raisins and a bit of mint in the background. Finally some dried figs, apricots and maybe even a touch of rhubarb. Taste: Quite syrupy and obviously rich, meaty almost, but balanced with notes of coffee, cocoa powder and brown sugar. A little less sweet than I remember maybe. Plums, raisins and cinnamon, with finally a whiff of aniseed. Finish: Some mocha, After Eight and nougat. Lingering spices too. Long.