Glenallachie 10 Year Old Cask Strength - Batch 1

Type
Single Malt

Bottler
Distillery Bottling

Distillery
Glenallachie

Bottling Series
Cask Strength - Batch 1

Vintage
2007

Stated Age
10 years-old

Bottled
2018

Outturn
unknown

Cask Number
unknown

Strength
57.1% abv

Cask Type
American Oak Cask , Pedro Ximénez Sherry Butt

Cask Strength
yes

Colouring
no

Single Cask
no

Core Range
no

Flavour Profile

Butterscotch

Cocoa

Dried Fruit

Espresso

Floral

Ginger

Heather

Honey

Leather

Milk Chocolate

Muscovado Sugar

Orange

Raisin

Toffee

Wood Spice

Tasting Notes

Nose

A big nose of heather and honey, a floral bouquet, oak, cocoa and fresh espresso, vanilla essence and oranges. A lovely sweet toffee appears after a few minutes in the glass, with fresh spices and a light pastry note.

Quite an intense nose if it's one of the first drams from the bottle.

Palate

Lots of wood spices and ginger, a mixture of red and dark dried fruits, berries and buttery toffee - all drizzled in honey. A lovely milky chocolate and melted muscovado sugar note appears if left to rest on your tongue for a few seconds.

Finish

Quite a long finish, sweet and spicy with more milk chocolate and hints of roasted nuts. There's an ever so slight drying end with lingering spice and a dash of pepper. A few sips in, there's a subtle hint of salted caramel as well - unusual.

Overall

A big and bold cask strength release. Honestly, when first opened we weren't that sure. There was a lot of alcohol on the nose but having left the bottle for a week to oxidise ever so slightly, it's definitely a lot more inviting.

Now half way down the bottle, this has become quite a dram for its 10 years. Worth a try but do give it a chance to breathe. Water is likely required for most.

Overall Score:

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