TheGlenAllachie12YearOldSingleMaltScotchWhisky(700mL)

<p>Single Malt Spirit, Sherry and virgin oak casks, and a dozen years in the Highlands equals magic. </p><p>The <em>GlenAllachie Distillery</em> sits on the Aberlour stream near where it empties into the River Spey. It was built there — less than a mile from the more famous <em>Aberlour Distillery</em> at the base of Ben Rinnes — in <em>1967</em> to produce Spirit for Scotch blends. It has been purchased, sold, mothballed, and opened again no fewer than four times since then. But in 2017, <em>Billy Walker</em>, <em>Graham Stevenson</em>, and <em>Trisha Savage</em> merged a few Whiskey brands and this under-utilized distiller gem to form The <em>GlenAllachie Distillers Company Limited </em>— now with a new core range of four Single Malt Whiskies in the Speyside style.</p><p>Twelve years is one of those Whisky-making<em> sweet-spots</em>. Single Malts just taste darn good when they’ve been left to rest for a dozen years. Why? Perhaps only the angels know for sure. What I can tell you is that <em>The</em> <em>GlenAllachie 12 Year Old</em> is their signature Single Malt Spirit aged twelve years — some of it in Pedro Ximénez casks, some of it in Oloroso casks, and the rest of it in virgin oak. The result is a big flavor profile leaning on vanilla and dried sultanas.</p>