Glenallachie 12 Years
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21349 | |
GlenAllachie | |
Scotland, Speyside | |
Single Malt Whisky | |
12 Years | |
46% | |
0.7 l | |
Original bottling | |
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Nosing
Fruit:
Sherry:
Sweet:
Oak:
Vanilla:
Dried Fruit:
Spices:
Berries:
Caramel:
Pear:
Plum:
Herbs:
Banana:
Cake:
Cherry:
Grape:
Heather:
Honey:
Malt:
Alcohol:
Almonds:
Apple:
Cinnamon:
Dark Chocolate:
Floral:
Mint:
Nuts:
Oil:
Orange:
Peach:
Peat Smoke:
Pineapple:
Raisin:
Red Currant:
Zitrus:
Herb:
Tasting
Sweet:
Fruit:
Sherry:
Spices:
Oak:
Malt:
Dried Fruit:
Herbs:
Zitrus:
Nuts:
Alcohol:
Honey:
Mint:
Orange:
Peat Smoke:
Vanilla:
Herb:
Banana:
Cake:
Caramel:
Cinnamon:
Coffee:
Oil:
Peach:
Pepper:
Barley:
Blackberry:
Chili:
Floral:
Ginger:
Grape:
Green Apple:
Heather:
Kiwi:
Leather:
Lemon:
Lemon Peel:
Plum:
Red Currant:
Finish
Oak:
Spices:
Fruit:
Sherry:
Sweet:
Herb:
Malt:
Nuts:
Herbs:
Caramel:
Chili:
Dark Chocolate:
Dried Fruit:
Heather:
Apple:
Berries:
Chocolate:
Coffee:
Ginger:
Grape:
Honey:
Leather:
Peat Smoke:
Pepper:
Raisin:
Seaweed:
Vanilla:
Zitrus:
Maritime Notes:
Alcohol:
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All tasting notes
RATING: 3.9/5.0 ≙ 86 pts



Orange peel, vanilla custard and dried fruits. Takes a little time in the glass to open up. If you add just a drop of water the sweetness really comes forward.
Taste:





Starts sweet and honeyed. Transitions into a slightly sour/bitter orange oil flavour. With oak coming through at the end.
Finish:



Medium lingering oak spiciness and white pepper. Drying
Comment:
I bought this as a pair with the batch 1 10 year old, and out of the two, I think I prefer the 10 year old a little more. Don't get me wrong, they're both very good, this one especially considering the price. You don't see a lot of 12 year old malts with this quality. The nose is great, but on the palate it's just not my favourite, I'm not a fan of that bitter aspect when neat (even if it is fairly restrained). Worth checking out though, very good stuff overall. At its best with just a drop of water added.






Taste:





Finish:



Comment: Sweeter malts tend to not be that popular among a lot of scotch drinkers, and typically the bad rap is from their shallowness. This is great in that it shows that even sweeter malts can have a lot of depth. Really like this one.





