#18 • GlenDronach PortWood

- Rank: 18
- Year: 2021
- Score: 92
- Price: $90
- ABV: 46%
- Style: Single malt
- Place of Origin: Scotland (Highlands)
This iconic sherried single malt scotch gets an extra-generous helping of fruit from maturation in port pipes at the hands of GlenDronach master blender Rachel Barrie. The result is a decadent and chewy dram that starts off with fig, dried cherries, and glazed banana chips on the nose. The mouth-filling flavors boast rich fruit, with chocolate-covered cherry and spiced Christmas cake before a lingering finish of drying cocoa and gingersnaps. Lush, creamy, and moreish in the extreme. —Jeffery Lindenmuth