Twenty-one years in Spanish Oloroso and Pedro Ximnez sherry casks make GlenDronach Parliament a Highland single malt Scotch steeped in dark fruit and old oak. The name honors the parliament of rooks that has nested in the trees above the distillery for nearly two centuries. Full sherry maturation not a finishing pass builds stewed plum, fig, walnut, and bitter chocolate into the malt, and bottling at 48% ABV keeps the frame firm under all that weight. The distillery has made sherried malt in Aberdeenshire since 1826, and Parliament sits at the deep end of its core range. Save it for a slow evening; this is the last pour of the night, not the first.