Glenallachie 40 Year Old Directors Cut Sherry Cask

Product Description

Glenallachie 40 Year Old Directors Cut Speyside single malt Scotch whisky bottled by Douglas Laing. From a single sherry butt cask 8217. Distilled 1972 & bottled March 2012. 146 bottles. Glenallachie Glenallachie Distillery was established in 1967 with two stills which later increased to four in order to meet an ever increasing demand for Glenallachie malt whisky. Glenallachie Distillery is a Scottish Speyside distillery sitting on the eastern edge of Ben Rinnes mountain where it is rather exposed to the elements & is often to be see sitting within the snowline. A modern building & yet its architect William Delme-Evans created a distillery which is rather pleasing on the eye. Nose: Opens with a macerated dried fruit quality + a flamed orange zest in dark chocolate style Palate: Opens sherbety – runs to a rich, sweetly spiced fruit character + more dried orange zest Finish: Dark, bitter chocolate then running drier with cedar wood & tobacco lingering