Glenallachie Single Cask 18 Years Old 2001

Single Cask

700ml / 51.7%

Single Malt

$217

An 18 year old GlenAllachie from the distillery, at 51.7%. A rich, sherried malt of date, fig and a warm cinnamon. Revived in 2017 by master distiller Billy Walker, it now leads with single malt. A rich, deep Speyside single malt of dried fruit and chocolate. This is a full bodied Speyside single malt of real richness.

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SKU CGL148 Categories Glenallachie, Scottish Whisky, Speyside, Whiskey

Description

GlenAllachie from the distillery, an 18 year old, from 2001, cask 4561, at 51.7%, 254 bottles in all. GlenAllachie is a Speyside single malt, founded in 1967 below Ben Rinnes near Aberlour. Its water is the Lochnagar Burn, drawn down from the slopes of Ben Rinnes. It was built by Mackinlay McPherson, the firm that supplied whisky to Shackleton's 1907 expedition.

Drawn from a thick, full bodied wash, for a full make built to take active wood. Ex-Bourbon casks held it, the American oak lending vanilla and a light honey. Through oxidative maturity the esters concentrate, the orchard notes turning to raisin, fig and a dark chocolate. Years in oak deepen the spirit to a darker gold, the body growing rounder and more resinous with time. The casks are picked closely, the wood matched to the rich GlenAllachie make. The full spirit deepens with time, the cask drawing out its darker register.

At 51.7%, undiluted, it is dark and full. Orange, raisin and a treacle edge, over a gentle, creamy oak. A dark chocolate and a soft oak give it weight. The finish runs long, full and warming. This is a rich, sherried Speyside single malt.