Distilled at GlenAllachie in 2014, this single malt spent the next decade maturing in a single oloroso hogshead. The cask was opened in December 2024, yielding a total of 361 bottles at a robust 60.5% ABV, without added colour or chill filtration, released exclusively for the UK market.
Glenallachie 10-Year-Old Single Cask Oloroso is a rich and indulgent Speyside single malt, distilled in 2014 and matured in an Oloroso Sherry cask. This exceptional cask imparts deep flavours of mocha, maraschino cherry, hazelnut cream, and caramel, creating a luxurious balance of sweetness and spice. Bottled at a robust 60.5% ABV exclusively for the UK, it is presented without chill-filtration or artificial colouring, preserving its full depth of character.
TASTING NOTES
Nose: Grilled honeycomb, poached orchard fruits and fig jam, with mocha, baking spices and maraschino cherries.
Palate: Spiced blood orange, mocha and rich cocoa, followed by cinnamon butter, hazelnut cream and caramel.
About GlenAllachie
Although its whisky was predominantly used by past owner Chivas Brothers for blending, under new ownership GlenAllachie is emerging as a single malt.
Lightness is a characteristic of most of the 1960s distilleries and Glenallachie has been no exception. A malty undertone adds some textural quality to the palate while delicate fruits rise above. Under the new ownership of the GlenAllachie Distillery Company however fermentation times have been lengethened, lending the spirit a fruitier, and more muscular quality. Peated runs now account for 20% of production, although peated GlenAllachie won't appear on shelves for a number of years yet.
One of the results of the US-fuelled 1960s whisky boom, GlenAllachie was built in 1967 by Scottish & Newcastle Breweries’ distilling subsidiary, Mackinlays. It is notable for being one of the distilleries designed by William Delmé-Evans who was also behind Macduff, Tullibardine and Jura.
In 1985, Mackinlays became part of own-label specialist Invergordon Distillers which flipped Glenallachie to Campbell Distillers/Pernod Ricard four years later, during most of which it had been mothballed.
It has only very rarely been seen as a single malt bottling – most notably as part of Chivas Brothers’ Cask Strength series.
In July 2017, it was announced that Chivas Brothers had agreed to sell GlenAllachie to The GlenAllachie Distillers Company, operated by former BenRiach MD Billy Walker, ex-Inver House Distillers MD Graham Stevenson and Trisha Savage. A capital ‘A’ was added to the distillery name, in keeping with the changes Walker made to BenRiach and GlenDronach under his stewardship.
The new owners are in the process of relaunching GlenAllachie as a distillery known for its ‘big’, fruity malt whisky. Six single cask bottlings were released in April 2018, with GlenAllachie’s first core range of single malts set for launch in June 2018.
