GlenAllachie 11 Yr Grattamacco Wine

After oxidation, tastes terrible. Way too young. No pleasant flavors just acetone and young barley.

Petites fleurs roses, lavande et raisins rouges au nez, léger et parfumé, touche de caoutchouc, un nez unique menant vers une finale qui revient rapidement vers le bois cependant

This isn’t great but could be if it were a 15 yr. Young notes of maltiness and acetone overpower the faint (red?) wine notes in the background. My first tasting, maybe it will taste better after some oxidation in the sample bottle

Peaches for days! Think peach rings candy. Some dryness and sweet for sure. Vanilla, butterscotch. Drinks like 43% and wonderful in summer. Can nose the sweetness for a long time. Very nice.

I consider myself a whisky enthusiast, i have tasted a good amount of whiskies to know a bit of the subject. I know nothing about wine. To be completely fair, the little things i know about wine are those that i have learned in my journey through whisky, specially the ones matured fully or partially in wine casks. Having said that, i have had some wines in my life (less than a 100, so i am really an ignorant in the subject), and i believe i can distinguish between a bad, normal and a good wine, based on my taste only. This GlenAllachie has been finished in Grattamacco Wine, a type of wine that comes from a special Tuscany location in Italy, between the towns of Castagneto Carducci and Bolgheri. When googling it i found out that it is a small winery, with 5 types of wines, primarly Cabernet Sauvignon. Bottled at 48%abv, a light peach color. On the nose, this one has a very light and fruity aroma. Starts with gooseberries and a hint of burnt paper. Green grapes is the most accurate and predominant aroma here. A little acetone (feels a little young), it has a hint of chocolate fudge somewhere. This aroma just reminds you of a vineyard. After a first sip, the aroma became darker. Dark, dehydrated fruits like figs and raisins. Very winey. On the palate it feels cold. Most whiskies might give you a hot sensation, this one is cold, very refreshing. Very grapy; gooseberries. A mild spiciness has risen after 10 seconds. Hay and old dried grass. Very earthy, winey. A second sip was lighter, with a raisin flavor. Aftertaste is amazing. Super earthy, feels like an italian vineyard in your mouth. Tobacco leaf, very earthy. Crushed grape peels. Long finished that resembles eating a whole box of sunmaid raisins. Overall, this felt like a super expensive, fancy wine. If you give this dram to a wine sommelier he might think it is an actual fortified wine, and not a whisky. It is super interesting, fresh and full of non-traditional flavors. Great experience, my score on it, is 90 over 100.