Glenallachie Single Cask – The Master Blender’s European Collection 12 Years Old 2013 (Cask 2717)

Single Cask – The Master Blender's European Collection

700ml / 60.9%

Single Malt

$186

An official GlenAllachie, a 12 year old, 2013, at 60.9%. Rich and full, with raisin, fig and a bittersweet chocolate. Water comes from the Lochnagar Burn off the slopes of Ben Rinnes. It matures in sixteen dunnage warehouses on the Aberlour site. Founded in 1967 below Ben Rinnes near Aberlour, in Speyside. This is the sherry led malt of Aberlour.

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SKU CGL257 Categories Glenallachie, Scottish Whisky, Speyside, Whiskey

Description

A 12 year old GlenAllachie, a distillery bottling, from 2013, cask 2717, at 60.9%, 281 bottles in all. GlenAllachie is a Speyside single malt, founded in 1967 below Ben Rinnes near Aberlour. It runs unusually long fermentations, up to a hundred and sixty hours, for a thick, ester rich and fruity spirit. It was built for the 1960s blend boom, its make long destined for the blender's vat.

It was distilled in copper pot stills, for a thick, ester rich spirit the casks then deepen. It rested in ex-Bourbon oak, oak lactones lending a creamy vanilla. By the integrating teens the raw notes fade and esters build, the rich spirit growing rounder and darker. The full bodied spirit takes active wood well, carrying its dark sugars through the years. Vanillin and oak lactones from the wood lend vanilla and a soft coconut over the fruit. Maturation runs slow and even in the on site dunnage warehouses at Aberlour.

At a hearty 60.9% it carries real weight. Date, fig and a warm cinnamon, lifted by a sweet oak. Beneath it run dried fruit, dark sugar and a warm spice. The close is rich and dark, fruit over a warm spice. This is a rich, sherried Speyside single malt.