GlenAllachie's single malt is marvellous stuff, and lends itself well to maturations in all kinds of casks.
A single cask bottling exclusive to RMW. The Glenallachie Single casks do not disappoint & have become increasingly popular in recent years.
A rising star of the Speyside Region, Glenallachie produces odd numbered year bottles to be a little different including 7,9,11,13 and 17 years.
This is bottled from a puncheon PX barrel (500 litres) leaving a good sherry influence over the years without being too overwhelming. For an extreme sherry nuclear option, see the Glendronach 29 Year Old or 28 Year Old. For a nice happy medium, some of the single casks are a go to & Whisky Situation will expand the range of single casking from Glenallachie due to the demand.
Nose Bakewell tart, orange chocolate, and chai spices, with whiffs of honeyed florals.
Palate Crystallised ginger, dried apricot, and summer berries, along with dry wood spices.
Finish Chocolate-coated cherry, and toffee.
Although its whisky was predominantly used by past owner Chivas Brothers for blending, under new ownership GlenAllachie is emerging as a single malt.
Lightness is a characteristic of most of the 1960s distilleries and Glenallachie has been no exception. A malty undertone adds some textural quality to the palate while delicate fruits rise above. Under the new ownership of the GlenAllachie Distillery Company however fermentation times have been lengethened, lending the spirit a fruitier, and more muscular quality. Peated runs now account for 20% of production, although peated GlenAllachie won't appear on shelves for a number of years yet.
One of the results of the US-fuelled 1960s whisky boom, GlenAllachie was built in 1967 by Scottish & Newcastle Breweries’ distilling subsidiary, Mackinlays. It is notable for being one of the distilleries designed by William Delmé-Evans who was also behind Macduff, Tullibardine and Jura.
In 1985, Mackinlays became part of own-label specialist Invergordon Distillers which flipped Glenallachie to Campbell Distillers/Pernod Ricard four years later, during most of which it had been mothballed.
It has only very rarely been seen as a single malt bottling – most notably as part of Chivas Brothers’ Cask Strength series.
In July 2017, it was announced that Chivas Brothers had agreed to sell GlenAllachie to The GlenAllachie Distillers Company, operated by former BenRiach MD Billy Walker, ex-Inver House Distillers MD Graham Stevenson and Trisha Savage. A capital ‘A’ was added to the distillery name, in keeping with the changes Walker made to BenRiach and GlenDronach under his stewardship.
The new owners are in the process of relaunching GlenAllachie as a distillery known for its ‘big’, fruity malt whisky. Six single cask bottlings were released in April 2018, with GlenAllachie’s first core range of single malts set for launch in June 2018.
