GLENALLACHIE 8 Year Old Scottish Virgin Oak Single Malt Scotch Whisky
- SKU:
- 4045612
- UPC:
- 5060568326214
Initially matured in ex-Bourbon barrels before being finished in casks made of Scottish Sessile Oak (Quercus Petraea) grown on the Atlantic coast. This expensive and knotty wood is really challenging to work with, so is seldom seen in the whisky world, despite growing in such a big whisky-producing nation. Scotland is wet, so the wood was airdried for about 36 months, then it was toasted and charred to a medium level (as it was for all three expressions). It layers notes of blonde chocolate, orange zest and toffee over GlenAllachie’s orchard fruit, flapjack, heather honey, cinnamon bun and chocolate-covered gingerbread flavours.
Over the last half-century, Master Distiller Billy Walker has built a reputation for reinventing distilleries. Most recently, he regenerated BenRiach, GlenDronach and Glenglassaugh before selling them to Brown Forman for a hefty sum. Now, he has taken on GlenAllachie (named after an old Scottish Gaelic phrase that translates to the “Valley of the Rocks”) and the awards are already rolling in.
GlenAllachie – pronounced ‘Glen-al-ACK-ee’ – is one of those intriguing Single Malts that you’ve probably loved for some time, but just without realising it yet. This Speyside distillery, nestled at the foot of Ben Rinnes near Aberlour, was designed by William Delmé-Evans – the architect who also planned Tullibardine and Isle of Jura. The vast majority of GlenAllachie’s whisky has gone into the much-loved Chivas Brothers blends, hence why you’re probably already a fan. Now independently owned by The GlenAllachie Distillers Company Limited, a new range of whiskies has begun to emerge, which has scooped them Scottish Whisky Distillery of the Year 2019, World’s Best Single Malt at the 2021 World Whiskies Awards, and more than 50 other awards in just three years. You’re going to want to make space in your collection for GlenAllachie.
SKU No.: 4045612
Style No.: 953388
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 48%
Volume: 700ml
Initially matured in ex-Bourbon barrels before being finished in casks made of Scottish Sessile Oak (Quercus Petraea) grown on the Atlantic coast. This expensive and knotty wood is really challenging to work with, so is seldom seen in the whisky world, despite growing in such a big whisky-producing nation. Scotland is wet, so the wood was airdried for about 36 months, then it was toasted and charred to a medium level (as it was for all three expressions). It layers notes of blonde chocolate, orange zest and toffee over GlenAllachie’s orchard fruit, flapjack, heather honey, cinnamon bun and chocolate-covered gingerbread flavours.
Over the last half-century, Master Distiller Billy Walker has built a reputation for reinventing distilleries. Most recently, he regenerated BenRiach, GlenDronach and Glenglassaugh before selling them to Brown Forman for a hefty sum. Now, he has taken on GlenAllachie (named after an old Scottish Gaelic phrase that translates to the “Valley of the Rocks”) and the awards are already rolling in.
GlenAllachie – pronounced ‘Glen-al-ACK-ee’ – is one of those intriguing Single Malts that you’ve probably loved for some time, but just without realising it yet. This Speyside distillery, nestled at the foot of Ben Rinnes near Aberlour, was designed by William Delmé-Evans – the architect who also planned Tullibardine and Isle of Jura. The vast majority of GlenAllachie’s whisky has gone into the much-loved Chivas Brothers blends, hence why you’re probably already a fan. Now independently owned by The GlenAllachie Distillers Company Limited, a new range of whiskies has begun to emerge, which has scooped them Scottish Whisky Distillery of the Year 2019, World’s Best Single Malt at the 2021 World Whiskies Awards, and more than 50 other awards in just three years. You’re going to want to make space in your collection for GlenAllachie.
SKU No.: 4045612
Style No.: 953388