The GlenAllachie 15 Year Old Speyside (700ml)
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Spirit Type
Whisk(e)y Learn More
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Spirit Category
Single Malt Scotch Whisky
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Size
700ml
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Country
Scotland
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Region
Speyside
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Sub-Region
Banffshire
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Tasting Notes
Baking SpiceRaisinToasted Oak
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How to Drink
Neat
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Glassware
Glencairn
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ABV
46%
The GlenAllachie Distillery was one of the few post-war distilleries designed by William Delmé-Evans and focused on using gravity-fed methods to reduce energy requirements. The distillery was built in 1967 and sits on the eastern edge of Ben Rinnes mountain where it is rather exposed to the elements. For most of its life, the GlenAllachie Distillery was a production distillery used to produce large quantities of malt whisky for use in blends like Chivas Regal and Clan Campbell. It wasn’t until the 1990s that the distillery saw its first official bottling under its own label.
Tasting Notes
From the distillery: On the nose, waves of heather honey, dark chocolate and figs, with notes of fruit cake, mocha and cinnamon. On the palate, lashings of fig syrup, mocha and treacle, followed by dark chocolate, sweet spices and heather honey, fused with ginger on the finish.
Method
Finished in Pedro Ximenez and Oloroso Sherry barrels, non chill filtered and bottled at 46%.
Our Thoughts
Nose: Smells like walking through the forest on a damp, foggy morning then going home and curling up by the fireplace in your knitted wool sweater. Lots of baking spice and raisins and a touch of clay.
Palate: Touch of sweetness at the front. Whole lot of woody notes on the mid palate.
Finish: So lightly smokey on the finish; very well balanced and evolves in a harmonic way on your palate from beginning to end.
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