GlenAllachie 12 Y.o. Virgin Spanish Oak finish Vol.48% Cl.70

The GleAllachie 12 years of the "Virgin Oak" series is the most ethereal but high quality single malt of the Scottish distillery, entirely aged in new Spanish oak barrels.

The "Virgin oak whiskey Glenallachie" series is a small limited edition, born from the selection of the best oak barrels from all over Europe.

GlenAllachie's 12 year old single malt Scotch whiskey "Virgin Spanish oak finish", released in mid-2020 after Billy Walker took over the distillery in 2017 and began his Glenallachie whiskey refining experiments.

This new series of single malts presents this whiskey matured in virgin Spanish oak barrels, resulting in a single malt, ethereal, with an elegant aromatic profile.

The GlenAllachie distillery was born in the thirties in the verdant Scottish valley of Speyside, whose ownership has been handed down from father to son making it, to this day, an independent reality much loved by whiskey fans.

So much so that the GlenAllachie distillery is pointed out as the future legendary distillery of the 21st century on a par with and in competition with Springbank.

The name GlenAllachie derives from the Gaelic "gleann aileachaidh" and can be translated as the "valley of the rocks". Despite its young age (it was founded in 1967) and some periods in "mothballs" the distillery has a base of 40 thousand barrels, barrels that have been carefully selected for the production of this single malt.

A peculiarity to distill GlenAllachie whiskeys and no pumps are used to avoid traumatizing the fermented and the distillate!

The GlenAllachie 12 Years Old Spanish oak finish is a limited edition from the new distillery.

This rich bronze malt reaches its spicy and delicate flavors from Spanish oak barrels (Quercus Robur) from the regions of Galicia and Asturias, more specifically, the Cantabrian mountains which have a cooler climate and higher humidity.

Before being filled, the wood is dried in the air for about 18 months, opening the oak to the GlenAllachie spirit to extract the character of the barrel.

Tasting Notes:

Colour gold.

Aroma: honey and vanilla, caramel toffee, mocha, biscuit and nutmeg.

Taste: Acacia honey, toffee and butter, accompanied by custard with hints of cinnamon, grapefruit and a hint of earthy tannins.