GlenAllachie 8 Y.o. Virgin Scottish Oak finish Vol.48% Cl.70

The GleAllachie 8 years of the "Virgin Oak" series is the rarest and most full-bodied single malt but with a high quality from the Scottish distillery, entirely aged in new Scottish 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 8-year-old "Virgin Scottish oak finish" single malt Scotch whisky, released in mid-2023 after Billy Walker took over the distillery in 2017 and began his Glenallachie whiskey refinement experiments.

This new single malt series features whiskey matured in virgin sessile oak casks, resulting in a huge, ethereal, elegant flavor profile.

The barrel used for this whiskey is made from sessile oaks that grow along the Atlantic coast of Scotland.

Scotch oak is rarely used for cask production due to its porosity, which increases the risk of leakage.

Its use presents a significant challenge and there is a possibility that no whiskey remains.

Before filling the barrel with the spirit, the wood is naturally dried for 36 months, allowing its aromatic characteristics to develop further.

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 being held up 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 40,000 barrels, barrels that have been carefully selected for the production of this single malt.

A peculiarity to distill GlenAllachie whiskeys are not used pumps so as not to traumatize the fermented and the distillate!

The GlenAllachie 8 Years Old Scottish oak finish is a limited edition of the new distillery.

This rich bronze malt gets its silky tannins, sweet spice and fruit notes from sessile oak (Quercus Robur) casks that grow along Scotland's Atlantic coast.

The fine-grained, textured wood is air-dried for 36 months before housing the GlenAllachie spirit.

The result is a delicious, delicate, ethereal and elegant Single Malt.

Tasting Notes:

Color: From light amber color.

Perfumes: The nose explodes with oats, butterscotch and caramel, together with hints of cinnamon, ginger and heather honey.

Taste: On the palate characterized by notes of heather honey, orchard fruit and lemon peel, followed by white chocolate, cinnamon and ginger. Soft and round.

Finale is unmistakably sweet, with notes of toffee and butterscotch.