GlenAllachie 12 Year

Clean and smooth, great depth of flavor, floral, chocolate, almond,

The first flavour I notice right off the start both on the nose and palate is vanilla. Full body flavour, mix of sherry and caramel as well with an oily coating on the palate. A mild aftertaste, somewhat short with some spice. Reminds me a bit of the Aberlour 12 year but it’s not quite the same. In my personal opinion, the flavours aren’t what I was expecting, I was hoping to get something a little more complex, more of that sherry flavour, maybe I haven’t had enough of it yet to really judge properly, but it doesn’t necessarily fit my preferred flavour profile, but still a good whisky nonetheless.

Dark colour - mahogany Sweet taste; vanilla, honey, molasses with some sweet fruit and spice on the finish

My first Glenallachie was incredible. You must know that i try to avoid reading anything about a whisky before having it. That way, i don't feel influenced by information of the casks, or marketing. After having this amazing 12yo whisky, i learned it was matured in PX, oloroso and Virgin oak, which is a combination that has been fully imparted to this dram and you can actually feel every bit of flavor and aroma that the chosen barrels can give to a whisky. Bottled at 46%abv, chesnut color. On the nose, perfect score. Dark dry raisin cake as soon as you uncork it. Prunes; Strong alcohol note. Dehydrated fruits, Marzipan, a very appealing Grapefruit note. Some citrus aroma growing after a minute; also some cherries growing. Old orange peel. After 3 minutes it has become a bowl of fresh aromatic fruits. After the first sip there is this aroma of a maraschino cherry over  meringue.  Meringue aroma note is very clean, amazing. Fancy dark cake note. Beautiful nose. On the palate it takes 5 seconds to kickstart. Starts a little dim, with a Vanilla flavor that grows into Red fruits to then release a Pepper bomb mixed with citrusness. The abv is kicking in a pleasant way, feels higher than 46%abv. Prunes and Citrus notes. Aftertaste is great. Cigarrettes. Bitter tobacco and Old oranges. This is a tasty fellow! Salty, sulphuric; very long finish. Totally mouth numbing, my palate has completely went to sleep. Grassy, robust, rounded finish Overall, this one feels like Glenfiddich and Dalmore had a child. Then, that child married to a Marlboro pack of cigarrettes and had a child of their own. That is the most accurate way i can describe it. Being a little more serious, you can feel the PX influence in the marzipan, dehydrated fruits; then you get the oloroso sherry in the fruitiness and bitterness; and in between, you get this vanilla meringue from the virgin oak. Everything is very clean and well delivered. Amazing stuff. My score for it, and i think i was harsh on it, is a 96 over 100. Slàinte Mhath.

So harsh I couldn't taste the flavor profile.