GlenDronach 18 Year Old Allardice Single Malt Scotch Whisky | 70cl, 46% ABV

Named after James Allardice, the founding father of GlenDronach Distillery, the Allardice is a fitting tribute to the man who established one of the Highland's most celebrated sherry cask specialists in 1826. Matured exclusively in the finest Spanish Oloroso sherry casks for 18 years, this is GlenDronach's purest expression of its sherry oak mastery — a deeply rich, complex, and sumptuously flavoured single malt that consistently ranks among the finest heavily sherried whiskies available at this age.

What makes certain bottlings of the Allardice particularly special is a fascinating chapter in the distillery's history. GlenDronach closed its doors in 1996 and did not reopen until 2001, meaning that bottles released between 2013 and 2019 contained whisky that was older than the stated 18-year age — some of it distilled before the closure, quietly maturing through the silent years and adding an extra layer of depth and character to those releases. For collectors fortunate enough to have secured bottles from that era, this is a significant detail worth knowing.

Bottled at 46% ABV without chill-filtration, the Allardice retains its full natural richness and the gloriously deep sherry oak character that has made GlenDronach one of the most passionately followed distilleries in Scotland.