Glendronach Sailing Ships 20 Year Old Series No.1 - Araby Maid 1868

Glendronach was built in 1826 by James Allardice, and rebuilt following a fire in 1852 by an individual named Walter Scott (although not the one you might be thinking of). It eventually passed into the hands of perhaps Scotland's greatest distilling dynasty, the Grant's of Glenfiddich. Charles, the youngest son of William Grant procured the then-silent distillery from the government in 1920, and it remained in the family until they sold it to Wm. Teacher 40 years later. The Grant's and Teacher's were early champions of the single malt category, and distillery bottlings of Glendronach were produced for most of the 20th century until it was mothballed by Allied Distillers in 1996. The distillery was revived in 2002, and has since become one of the strongest single malt brands in the world.

An exclusive Signatory Vintage bottling of Glendronach for Ben Line. Part of a series of three bottles commemorating a different historical Ben Line sailing ship.

This is for Araby Maid 1868, with the set also including a Balvenie and Caperdonich.The labels feature paintings of their respective ships by Captain Alexander Cromarty, who spent 35 years at sea with Ben Line.

This Glendronach was matured in sherry casks and was bottled in September 1990. One of 1200 bottles.

Signatory Vintage were established in 1988 by Andrew Symington and are one of Scotland's most prolific independent bottlers. Their offices and bottling facility are located next to Edradour distillery, which they have also owned since 2002.