Glenallachie Single Malt Whisky

A 1999 vintage whisky from Glenallachie, a young distillery whose whisky almost all goes into the Chivas Brothers blends. Fortunately the folks at G&M squirrel away whisky from all over Scotland, giving us a chance to try gems like this.

A Connoisseurs Choice bottling of the little-seen Glenallachie, one of Pernod Ricard's Speyside workhorses. This is from the 1992 vintage and is a mix of refill bourbon and sherry casks.

A single hogshead of the little-seen Glenallachie from the 1995 vintage, this has been bottled at full strength for The Single Malts of Scotland range.

A 38 year old whisky from Glenallachie, distilled in 1973 and bottled in 2011 by The Whisky Agency. This bottle depicts a lion with a rather poorly trimmed mane and a heron making use of the cuttings as a nest for its chick. Matured in Ex-Bourbon barrels and bottled at 50.4%

A full-on first-fill sherried Glenallachie bursting with spices and fruitcake but balanced with soft leather, tobacco and mocha notes, meaning it never goes over the top into cloying sweetness. Sherryheads will go weak at the knees for this one, which recently topped the overall list on whisky-distilleries.info's tasting sessions, where it earned a top score of 93 points.

A very rare distillery bottling of Glenallachie-Glenlivet whisky. This is one of the few single malt whiskies bottled by the distillery, as most of the whisky distilled ends up going into blended whisky. This single malt has been aged for 12 years and was bottled sometime in the 1980s.

An early 1980s bottling of Glenallachie, distilled in 1969 - the year after construction of the distillery was completed. This was the first vintage bottling of fully mature Glenallachie.

A 1980s bottling of 12 year old Glenallachie, distilled only 3 years after the distilleries 1967 founding.