Glenallachie 1971 31 años Douglas Laing Platinum Selection

Glenallachie 16 Year Old Malts of Scotland

Glenallachie is a whisky I’ve never tasted before. The distillery is situated near Aberlour and was founded in 1967. The architect was William Delmé-Evans, also known for designing Tullibardine and Isle of Jura. Just like Allt-A-Bhaine (another noble unknown), this is now property of Chivas Brothers (Pernod Ricard). And just like Allt-A-Bhaine,...

Score 79/100

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’...

Score 88/100

Glenallachie 9 Year Old 2004 The Whisky Mercenary for Maltlovers

Glenallachie is another one of those unknown distilleries in whiskyland, for the simple reason that there are hardly any official bottlings. This Speysider, founded only in 1967, produces quasi exclusively for the parent company’s blends, i.e. Chivas Brothers. This independent bottling from the Whisky Mercenary was launched by the Belgian whisky...

Score 80/100

Glenallachie 1999 14 YO Gordon & MacPhail

The reviewed bottle was aged in a refill bourbon barrel. The reviewed bottle was sampled with the bottle newly opened and then 8 days later. There was no noticeable difference in the flavours over this period of time Nose: high-pitched lemon citrus, mild malt, a little apple and pear; pleasant, but unremarkable Taste: fabulous sweet and sour...

Score 88/100