Glenallachie 21 Year Old - Batch 1 - 2020 Release

INFORMATION

Glenallachie 21 Year Old. Batch 1. Bottled 2020. One of 1,600 bottles matured in five PX Puncheons & Hogsheads. 700ml. 54.1%.

DISTILLERY:Glenallachie

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:51.4%

Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml

Bottle PRODUCED:1,600

BOTTLER:Distillery Bottling

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

LIMITED EDITION:yes

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Speyside

BOTTLING DATE::2020

AGE:21

Glenallachie is a modern whisky distillery, built in 1967, and until recently was a relatively obscure Speyside workhorse making high quality spirit for former owner Pernod Ricard’s blended whiskies. That all changed in 2017, when Glenallachie was purchased by a consortium headed by Billy Walker following the sale to Brown-Forman of his revived Benriach, Glenglassaugh and Glendronach distilleries. 

Since the takeover, Glenallachie has been revealed to be another hidden gem, and now has a core range of high quality aged expressions, complemented by superb small batch and single cask prestige bottlings. Glenallachie’s spirit is muscular and suited both to sherry casks and long ageing, making the distillery an ideal candidate for Mr Walker’s magic touch. Older official bottlings of Glenallachie turn up sometimes at auction - the best value are the cask strength sherried editions released by Pernod Ricard around 2005-2008.