Glenallachie 1972 38 Year Old Old Malt Cask #6498

Glenallachie 38 Year Old 1973 Malts of Scotland

It was only last summer that I tasted my first Glenallachie, a 16 Year Old from Malts of Scotland. Today, the same independent bottler surprises us with a Glenallachie of 38 years old. The cask – of which the number is no longer revealed as MoS now uses release numbers – yielded only 125 bottles. I felt the younger version was a blenders’ whisky....

Score 88/100

Glenallachie 12 Year Old

Glenallachie was relaunched by the famous Billy Walker back in 2017-2018. Walker gained international acclaim for the work he did with the Glendronach and BenRiach brands. Glenallachie's flagship 12 year offering is matured in a mixture of virgin oak, oloroso sherry and Pedro Ximénez sherry casks. That much wine maturation raises some flags for me...

Score 86/100

Glenallachie 15

Another sample from @wierdo that needed finishing off. My first try of this distillery too, which is always nice. Nose - Old school English puddings, especially jam roly poly and custard with caramalised edges. A touch of sweeter spices and some orange peel. A wee nip about it as well. Taste - More jam pudding, goes a little sour with lemon and...

Score 85/100

Glenallachie 7 Year Old 2014 for MMM

For our third release in the Mythical Series, Manny and I selected a young GlenAllachie that was distilled in 2014 and aged for 7 years on a very special cask: a madeira hogshead. Madeira is a fortified, long-life wine from the Portuguese island of the same name and is produced from the Tinta Negra grape (a variant of the Pinot Noir). The...

Score 87/100