Glenallachie The Sinteis Series 11 Years Old 2014 (Oloroso Cask)

The Sinteis Series

700ml / 57.4%

Single Malt

$109

An official GlenAllachie, an 11 year old, 2014, at 57.4%. Raisin, chocolate and a warm spice run through it, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. Built for the blend boom of the 1960s, now a sherry led single malt. Its four stills carry downward angled lyne arms for a fuller spirit. This is a full bodied Speyside single malt of real richness.

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SKU CGL344 Categories Glenallachie, Scottish Whisky, Speyside, Whiskey

Description

GlenAllachie from the distillery, an 11 year old, from 2014, at 57.4%. GlenAllachie is a Speyside single malt known for its heavy sherry and wine cask maturation. Its stills were doubled from two to four within months of opening, the lyne arms angled down for a fuller spirit. It was bought in 2017 by Billy Walker and two partners, fresh from selling BenRiach, GlenDronach and Glenglassaugh. It was founded in 1967, designed by the architect William Delme Evans, his fourth distillery after Jura and Tullibardine.

The spirit was distilled to a full, generous cut, shaping a rich Speyside body with real weight. It was matured in an Oloroso cask, the wood working deep into the malt. By the integrating teens the raw notes fade and esters build, the rich spirit growing rounder and darker. Active first fill wood drives the maturation, the cask deep in the malt.

At 57.4%, undiluted, it is dark and full. Orange, raisin and a treacle edge, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. A dark chocolate and a soft oak give it weight. Dried fruit, spice and a soft oak see it out. This is a Speyside single malt of real standing.