Glenallachie Single Cask for Europe – Batch 5 12 Years Old 2010

This official GlenAllachie, a 12 year old, from 2010, cask 4601, at 60.6%, 331 bottles in all. GlenAllachie is a Speyside single malt, the home distillery of master distiller Billy Walker. It was built for the 1960s blend boom, its make long destined for the blender's vat.

The spirit was drawn from a thick, full bodied wash, building a deep malt of dried fruit and dark sugar. It rested in ex-Bourbon oak, oak lactones lending a creamy vanilla. In integration coconut and vanilla knit with the malt, the orchard notes deepening to sultana, date and chocolate. Maturation runs slow and even in the on site dunnage warehouses at Aberlour. The full spirit deepens with time, the cask drawing out its darker register. The casks are picked closely, the wood matched to the rich GlenAllachie make. The full bodied spirit takes active wood well, carrying its dark sugars through the years.

At a natural 60.6% it is full and rich. A rich orchard sweetness and dark sugar, with a warm oak spice. Beneath it run dried fruit, dark sugar and a warm spice. The finish is rounded, dark and spiced. This is a Speyside single malt of real standing.