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Join the clubHardcore work dedication resulting in a worthy core range addition. Purchased, sold, mothballed, and opened again four times — it's been a pretty rocky ride for the 1967-opened The GlenAllachie Distillery.
But it was always meant to be: in 2017 Master Distiller Billy Walker and partners merged this under-utilized distiller gem with a few other Whisky brands to form The GlenAllachie Distillers Company Limited. With a new wind in their sails, Walker and Co. dished out a new core range of four Single Malt Whiskies in the Speyside style.
A 2019 addition to the GlenAllachie core range, this 15 Year Old Single Malt has been worked on and perfected by the Master Distiller Billy Walker since day one. That's what we call dedication!
The Whisky was treated to a finishing period in a combination of Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso Sherry puncheons and hogsheads. To retain this rich, full flavor, it was bottled at Cask Strength of 46% ABV (90 Proof).
Praised as the jewel in their crown, Walker described this expression as having an "exceptional balance of the distillery’s spirit and the influence of the Sherry casks used during maturation." We couldn't agree more.
You want to hear about the awards, don't you? Gold at the 2020 International Spirits Challenge, Double Gold at the 2020 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, 90 points at the 2021 Ultimate Spirits Challenge...
The GlenAllachie 15-Year-Old guided tasting: Brad Japhe takes us on a tasting adventure through the Whiskeyverse of Advent Calendar 2021.
Appearance / Color
Deep Auburn
Nose / Aroma / Smell
Rich with raisins, dates, butterscotch, and sweet spices.
Flavor / Taste / Palate
An assortment of sweet spices, raisins, ginger and butterscotch develops to banana, orange peel, walnut, and dark chocolate.
Finish
Dry finish with hints of ginger.
Flaviar Awards is celebrating its 10th edition! For a decade, the Awards have been the Club’s most anticipated, and most celebrated moment. The moment Flaviar’s collective palate of Spirits aficionados from all over the world helps us spotlight the most luxurious expressions of the previous year.
Like every year, The 10th Flaviar Awards are based on a particular approval cocktail of our Members’ ratings and reviews, informed staff picks, sales numbers, and wishlist information.
While beauty is most certainly in the eye of the beholder (or in this case, on the nose and on the palate), the Flaviar world unanimously united on five swanky expressions that left their biggest mark in 2021.