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10th November 2022 |
Launched 4
years ago and now at the heart of The
Glenallachie distillery's core range I
revisit The Glenallachie 12 Year Old.
 The
GlenAllachie 12 Year Old was a landmark
bottling when it was launched
in 2018 when the whisky industry veteran Billy Walker
lead consortium took
ownership of The GlenAllachie
distillery, today The GlenAllachie 12 Year Old
now sits firmly at the heart of the
Speyside based distillery's core range.
The GlenAllachie 12 Year Old is a
combination of whisky that has matured
in ex-American Bourbon Oak, Pedro
Ximinez and Oloroso casks which have
been selected and bottled under
the careful eye of Master Distiller
Billy Walker, bottled at 46% ABV it is
naturally coloured and non-chill-filtered.
I have got through a few a couple of
bottles of this myself since its launch
but it has been a couple of years since
I sat down with a dram of the
GlenAllachie 12 in my glass, this is my
thoughts on it now:
William
Morrison's Tasting Notes:
Nose:
An enticing fine balance of gentle
honey, raisins and equally gentle sweet
oak spices. Buttery toffee after a few
inhalations, some distant coffee.
Taste:
A deliciously rich, juicy sherried oak
delivery.
A balance of honey, vanilla and almonds
leads followed closely by some juicy
raisins & sultanas, dark cherry,
orange zest and a little fresh
apple fruitiness. A little cinnamon
spiciness trying to break through and
some oak that appears a little more
mature than its 12 year age statement.
Finish:
The fruitiness and sugars fades
first, it then bitters out with some coffee,
a little nuttiness and some lovely
lingering, mildly drying,
gentle oak spice.
Comment:
Now a lovely well balanced lightly sherried oak
dram, full of flavour and a must try for
sherried/bourbon cask combination Speyside whisky fans. Better
than I remember it.
SMW Score
90/100
You will find the new Glenallachie
core whisky range available from
specialist online whisky retailers such
as
The Whisky Exchange,
The Whisky Shop,
Hard To Find Whisky
and
Master of
Malt
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