Paris, July 24, 2023 – For the first time ever, the entire contents of a cask of Glendronach whisky will go under the auction hammer on October 23, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, outside Paris, and is expected to fetch close to $700,000 AUD.
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Glendronach’s past is rich with history since 1771 but the original distillery was built in 1826 as one of the first licensed distilleries in Scotland. By the 1860s it was the largest duty-paying distillery in the Scottish Highlands with more than 50 people living onsite, including workers and their families.
Fast forward to 2023 when auction house, Aguttes in France, will be selling the 630 bottles drawn from the unique Glendronach cask, lovingly aged for 30 years. This whisky, called 'The One And Only', celebrates the bicentenary of the Excise Act passed in 1823 which marked the official birth of Scotch whisky by legalising its production and establishing taxation by the British Government.
Sale of the contents of a whisky cask from The Glendronach distillery, (single cask #7417) is a 30-year-old single malt whisky distilled in November 1992 and bottled in June 2023. Estimate: €300,000/€400,000
Tradition has been perpetuated at Glendronach with the production of Highland Single Malts, marked by the use of oak casks previously used for Spanish fortified wines, thanks to ancestral methods handed down through the generations.
Flavour notes:
The wood of the cask impregnated by the oloroso reveals, after slow ageing, a whisky with a deep mahogany colour and a nose marked by notes of dried fruit, hawthorn, wild honey and dark chocolate-covered cherry.
The sweet aroma of nuts, grapes and spicy notes of nutmeg and cinnamon add to the complexity of this malt, which has been infused for three decades. These aromas continue on the palate, with notes of baked apple, kirsch cherry and walnut.
The finish reveals a beautiful acidity, tannic, rounded by the grape notes and the sweetness of the cherry - a whisky to be savoured, with which every second is a pleasure for the senses.
Glendronach Distillery, Scotland.
Distilled in 1992, when stills were still heated with coal and traditional malting floors were still in use, The Glendronach 30YO is a testament to this expertise, embodying the character of Highland single malts in the most authentic way possible.
This unique cask provides an exceptional opportunity to discover part of the history of the Scottish distillery, for this single malt has been matured for 30 years in a truly remarkable oloroso cask. The natural reduction of the spirit during maturation has given it an incomparable aromatic concentration that has been enhanced over the decades by the Spanish oak.
'The One And Only' whisky is estimated at €300,000-€400,000 and it will be the first time the contents of such a cask are going up for auction. It is the first to go under the hammer since the distillery was founded.
The public auction 'Glendronach The One and Only' sale will be held on October 23, 2023, in Neuilly-sur-Seine at Aguttes, just west of Paris.
