Glenallachie 18-year-old

Name: Glenallachie 18-year-old
Brand: Glenallachie
SKU: 111368
Rating: 84.71 (215 reviews)

Overall rating: 84.71/100
votes: 215

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Glenallachie
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottled: 2018
Stated Age: 18 years old
Casktype: Oloroso, PX, Virgin Oak
Strength: 46.0 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Barcode: 5060568320083
Added on: 24 Apr 2018 12:44 pm by mandragoru

Average value

€ 100.66

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Whisky Reviews for Glenallachie 18-year-old

42 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 84.71 points

hs305 scored this whisky 86 points
30 Sep 2018 10:43 pm
[September, 2018] Somehow I am sceptical if a purely blend-oriented distillery offers a single malt core range from one day to another - just because the owner changed. This whisky was produced 18 years ago when nobody ever thought of a Glenallachie single malt bottling. So can this be really good?

...finally it is better than most other standard single malt whiskies these days, what is an achievement in itself. It is not really earth-moving but easy-to-drink and without any obvious flaw. Nevertheless this unknown malt (for the broader market) is completely overpriced according to my taste buds (but the investors want a return, what else?)...

Nose

88 88

The nose offers a washy-malty profile with delicate heather honeys, barley sugars, some shy herbs and the smell of a well-equipped flower shop in the midst of summer. It is not really bold and impressive but it is balanced and enjoyable. After some time of breathing an interesting and delicious aroma of roasted coffee beans pops up...

Taste

85 85

The palate is rather two-dimensional on sugary sweet and bitter herbal (tannins from the wood) flavours. If you chew it for a while the roasted coffee beans flavour pops up again which is quite nice. Water turns the dram smoother and releases some additional milk chocolate and less bitter flavours. I like it best somewhat reduced.

Finish

86 86

The dram arrives warming and coating on the palate with a slightly bitter-astringent feeling from heavy tannins. The finish is of medium length with more shy milk chocolatey flavours and a slightly astringent end (tannins again).
dRambo scored this whisky 81 points
19 Jul 2018 10:33 pm
I do not like - the nose is too common for my age and the price range - with patience you will find a few nice flavors here, but on the palate and finish it falls even further. I am glad that I do not have 10cl or even a bottle of it.

Really very intense he is for his alcohol content - who the style is - because the price may go ok - not for my taste.

Nose

Apple, apple cider vinegar, flour dust, artificial not particularly pleasant citrus note, as I know of many modern flora & fauna bottlings from the Bourboncask and there already did not like, citrus peel, multivitamin candies, cheap multivitamin "nectar", then again beautiful citrus oil and orange oil, sweet curly Grass, ripe mild wood notes, tea and flower aromas - unfortunately very hidden behind the obtrusive ZItrusnote that exerts on me the charm of a toilet block

Taste

fresh - mint, pepper and citrus oil bring pleasant freshness, walnut shells, Grapefriutschale, equally noticeable bitterness on the palate - I do not feel it is too bitter - but especially delicious just not, beautiful creamy oak, sweet sour basic note with a light ZItronenaroma - The association probably comes from the mint oil, to light sherry notes - but these flash only briefly, then drown in citrus and bitter grapefruit peel.

he tingles - as of coal acid on the palate - a mixture of spice and Sprittigkeit

I do not like what I like -

Finish

brings me nothing new, medium to long, but mostly bitter - everything else is subordinate to that for me (I've already had half a dram yesterday, there it was as well)
Gloin scored this whisky 83 points
15 Mar 2019 11:30 pm
The smell is very pleasant with little surprises and depth, but stimulating and delicious.
In the mouth is a little less pleasing, the sulfur is a slight false note for me.
The departure is a bit inconsequential.

Whisky does not hurt anyone, but it does not inspire anyone. To drink it casually, he is quite nice, but for the enjoyment something is missing.

Nose

Fruity, a lot of peach, some lime, some raspberry, behind it vanilla, only a little oak, all soft and beautiful,

Taste

Fairly mild onset, soft body, delicate tickling on the tongue, slight oak note, noticeable sulfur, apricot and peach, dates, malt
in the second sip the sulfur has disappeared

Finish

Something oak, the sulfur sounds only slightly, malt, apricot, slight bitterness, not too long
didi1893 scored this whisky 80 points
26 Sep 2018 7:51 pm
A sentence with "x", that was probably nothing. This malt is just too bitter for me, only the nose could convince halfway. White pepper is still sticking to the palate, bitter and tart wood elements mingle with sour citrus fruits. With a lot of good will, I award 80 points today ...

21/19/20/20 (80P)

Nose

Pale amber shines in the glass while an oily streak forms on the glass wall, from which small drops gradually dissolve. Creamy toasty aromas rise, malt and vanilla blend with hints of slightly sour fruit flavors. The nose is relatively one-dimensional, from time to tickle the alcohol discreetly in the nose. Citrus fruits blend with a slightly grassy and floral aroma, slowly appearing dried dates and raisins. For a moment, naturally-fermented apple juice comes to my mind ...

Taste

Herb and bitter the first sip flows over the tongue, I fold my nose and make my face like if I would bite into the shell of a grapefruit ... What's that? Suddenly spicy mountain cheese stings through the bitter citrus aromas, tart wood tones stick to the palate, a touch of white pepper runs through the throat and lays sharp over the tongue. Rancid and bitter walnut flavors appear, the flavor of this Glenallachie is far too bitter and bitter.

Finish

Herb, bitter, Grapefruit, ....
Erik1908 scored this whisky 85 points
27 Jun 2020 4:54 pm
A very odd whisky this. Nose starts great, as well as the taste, but then tings get very sharp.

Nose

88 88

Really great nose. Fruity and sweet all over. You think: great this bottle is going to be mine. but....

Taste

84 84

Taste starts of great as well. It continues where the nose left off. But then things go wrong. Strong sharpness enters the stage.; especially in the throat. Water makes it somewhat better, but not entirely.

Finish

84 84

Medium long; slightly bitter and dry.

Conclusion:
- Sharpness kills it all
Never tasted a whisky where the difference between nose and taste is so big
- I tasted better 18y old whiskies
- Current prices are crazy. (I recently bought a great Cadenhead Benrinnes 18y at cs for less).
RobbievdBrink scored this whisky 84 points
25 Jun 2020 4:02 pm

The nose is the best part of this 18yo Glenallachie. The nose and first half of taste give quite some fruits, mainly oranges and apples. But also something sour like vinegar. Midpalate the fruity vinegar aromas continue but it also turns bitter with quite some bitter spices like pepper, nutmeg and bitter wood. Not very complex and a profile you have to like to justify it’s price.
redlightsflash89 scored this whisky 86 points
12 Jun 2020 8:53 pm
Had this at a digital tasting with glenallachie.
It is quite interesting, sweet and oaky. But for that price I can get better balanced whiskys. Still nice.

Nose

87 87

Quite easy on the nose.
Eucalyptus and Mint, oak, vanilla, orange cest, butterscotch.

Taste

86 86

Very juicy and mouthwatering, and quite dry, also very sweet again, white chocolate, cocoa powder, dark fruits,

Finish

85 85

This is a nice finish but not to complex. Oak driven and spicy, but not unpleasant, then vanilla and orange cest is quite present, pear jam?. Cool but not to exciting.
domani scored this whisky 84 points
11 Jun 2020 8:46 pm
Find it very flat, seems too constructed to me. There are better ones in this segment - 06/11/2020

Nose

85 85

N: raisins, plum, apple, lemon juice, some vanilla in the background, but also has a slightly chemical note, multivitamin juice, but overall very flat

Taste

84 84

Very soft and tame, artificial fruit flavors, sweetener, fruit tea, blood orange, malty, roasted aromas, hazelnut, block chocolate

Finish

83 83

Medium length
OlivierSegers scored this whisky 85 points
30 May 2020 10:00 pm
Nose

86 86

Taste

85 85

Finish

84 84
Squinugie scored this whisky 84 points
21 May 2020 8:47 pm
Nose

85 85

Taste

84 84

Finish

84 84

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