Glenallachie Single Cask 13 Years Old 2010 (Cask 800650)

A 13 year old GlenAllachie, a distillery bottling, from 2010, cask 800650, at 60.5%, 723 bottles in all. GlenAllachie is a Speyside single malt, founded in 1967 below Ben Rinnes near Aberlour. It was designed almost entirely gravity fed, an efficient plant for its time. It matures its spirit in sixteen dunnage warehouses on the distillery site at Aberlour. Its stills were doubled from two to four within months of opening, the lyne arms angled down for a fuller spirit.

Distilled to a full, generous cut, giving a full bodied Speyside spirit. It was matured in an Oloroso cask, the wood working deep into the malt. In integration coconut and vanilla knit with the malt, the orchard notes deepening to sultana, date and chocolate. Active first fill wood drives the maturation, the cask deep in the malt. Vanillin and oak lactones from the wood lend vanilla and a soft coconut over the fruit.

Bottled at a cask strength 60.5%, it is deep and concentrated. A rich, sherried sweetness, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. The mouthfeel is full and coating, the fruit dark and sweet. The finish is long, rich and spiced. This is GlenAllachie's deep, fruity Speyside style.