Glenallachie 08-year-old

A good PLV for an 8 year old.

At first, I was not fond of it because the red wine aroma and grain aroma from the low-aged sherry cask did not go well together, but as time passed, I was satisfied with the fresh aroma of honey and orange fruit.

Quite good for an eight-year-old whisky, but in my opinion quite overpriced If you like sherry, I think the Hielan from GlenDronach would be a better choice, as it sometimes goes on offer for a good 20 euros.

Tasted on 08-05-2022.

Aroma: buckwheat honey, dried apricots, barberry, light fermentation, revealing the youth of the spirits, meadow herbs and a slight hint of lacquer Taste: bitterness of fruit pits, pepperiness, sourness Aftertaste: long, with a slight bitterness and woodiness Balance: slightly above average, balanced

I personally like it better than some older Glenallachie bottlings. Looks older than 8 years. Has that eucalyptus/mint note that really suits him.

4+9+12+5= 80 Perfumed Salmiak Sweet

Overall, it's not bad, especially for beginners who want to learn about the Speyside region but find the basic Macallan drink too expensive. It's worth a try!

Nose: sweet, oak, cherry, some plum, spices •• Taste: sweet, oak, cherry, briefly slightly sour in the background •• Finish: medium to long, spicy oak with cherry remains •• Conclusion: warm cherry notes on the nose Oak and the oak is also well present on the palate. Very well done for 8 years. An intense whisky for age.

Aroma Sweetish, notes of sherry, honey, spicy, slightly spicy ginger The taste Sweet, sherry notes, wood spice, raisins, ginger spiciness finish Medium length, sweet and spicy, acid 04.08.22 at 30 degrees almost an 86

This whisky goes forward! Very fruity aroma, the sherry is easy to remember, a bit fruity, a little honey. In the taste then full attack on the taste buds, the 46% are easy to remember. The sherry flavor remains, but like a 1-2 punch, pepper follows. The fruit still lingers.

Nice sherry malt. But the youth notices it in the taste. Nonetheless, it fits quite well. The aroma for the nosing is really well developed, the taste is remarkable, unfortunately relatively weak finish. But you can still recommend it. [86 - 82 = good whisky -> get (second) bottle? Perhaps...]

I was very fond of the 12-year-old I gave it a solid 87 pts / 100. Let's see how the new little brother performs. Generally I like GA flavor profile so expect some good stuff here. I am very happy that they came out with such a young age-stated whisky. What's an extra is that it's an integrity bottling. Natural color and no chill-filtration. 46%. Let's get to it. N: Wow, wow, wow...Extremely inviting. Very thick sherry aromas. Very intense for an 8-year-old. Red fruits, dark caramelized orange, figs and dates. Lots of raisin. Chocolate and a red grape note. Going over these notes you can find some orchard fruits and fresh wood. Quite nice and complex. Alcohol is very well integrated here. (90) P: Oily, and thick. Quite fresh! Lots of red apples with pears and vanilla. Then you are getting those lovely sherry aromas. There is a bit of a bite if you don't give this some time and air in the glass. Once you do that it goes away. No metallic note here! It's very well balanced. Great sipper. (87) F: Medium finish. Honey with sherry and tannins from the barrel. A small pepper rush with some bitterness. (85) Lovely. For the price of 30-35 Euro you just can't go wrong. It's a great sipping whisky. I liked the nose the most defintiely. But overall it's great. Nice balance between sherry and freshness, fruitiness. 90 / 87/ 85 = 87.3333 --> 87 pts / 100 Seems like it gets the same score as I gave the 12. But shhhh I actually prefer this to the 12. Slainte Mhath everyone!

For an 8 year old whisky, the price-quality ratio is good. Just lovely to enjoy, but nothing special.

Expressive young single malt whisky, broad flavor profile. Only 8 years old, but very gentle.

88

Very light on the nose, but very balanced.

Wonderful addition to the core range of Glenallachie, the price betrays the good barrels that have been used and you can taste it

Sweet and winey youngster with a lot of wet px and red wine cask influence. I would have prefered a more natural dram of young fresh Glenallachie but it seems the owners under Billy Walker don't trust the distillate made by the old regime too much. Anyways, you still get a clean, fresh cask-driven malt with cola candy, some Pineau associations, raspberries, milk chocolate and some indian curry spices working well together. On the palate it's quite sweet with raspberries, rum raisins, candied figs, plums, brown sugar and old balsamico leading to a medium finish. Money well spent if you're looking for a sherried session starter that pleases almost everybody, but don't look for distillery character...

Tasty well balanced

An uncomplicated and clean whisky that appears a bit older than it is. At 40 euros, it really is a very nice dram for lukewarm autumn evenings. The nose is very beautiful and balanced for the age and at least 46 percent. The profile is a simple but dazzling sherry profile with fruity and slightly spicy flavors. There is actually a slight menthol note in the background. The old whisky phrase fits here: what is there is good. The palate corresponds one to one to the nose and the finish is short but not thin, although the red wine barrels can actually be guessed at the very back.

As already written, a whisky with a modern profile created under the pronounced influence of the barrels. Basically not bad and tasty, but on the other hand also meaningless without glamor and misery - October 14th, 2023

I really adore this whisky for its rich and harmonious taste!

Sharp, spicy (ginger and black pepper), very woody (think oak shavings), sweet (honey and caramel). Some fruits - mostly raisins. Not quite bad, but not very interesting either. Too young and inmature for me...

Tasting: 01.2024

as noted by one or the other pre-writer, the current 12-year-old is already a board. Well then ..... also here the 46% torn open. left to stand for 5 minutes. ... after the tasting ... This balance between the sweetness and the freshness...very, very successful, Mr. Walker.

Great standard. Quite complex for just 8 years. A bit of youth shines through in the finish.

I tried this new Glenallachie 8 year old (released 2022) at a tasting with their full lineup. It had been awhile since I tried a Glenallachie and I was hoping that an extra 1.5 years might have helped improve the liquid. Unfortunately not. The reality is that Billy Walker bought a distillery that was primarily used for blending in 2017. That people would expect the liquid in Glenallachie to magically become a top notch single malt Scotch whisky in a matter of ~4 or 5 years is just not possible, and it shows unfortunately in this new 8 Year Old bottle released to the market (and it was the same for the rest of the lineup we tried this night). The brand ambassador confirmed that this 8 year old is mainly refill Bourbon, then recasked and finished in PX, Oloroso Sherry, Rioja red wine, American virgin oak for about 2.5 years. Why would he need to try that many different casks if not to hide the weak distillate?

Very concentrated flavors. Needs a lot of water to open up, to my taste. 3/4th of the bottle, I really liked it; would have given it 84. Then maybe it oxidised too much - or my taste changed. The rating is for the whole experience over the course of the bottle.

Modern whisky with strong sherry influence but lacking character, maturity and depth. Tasty, tasty and full of sherry influence but no comparison to the old 12er. It's just a modern whisky but for me it's more on the level of a Glendronach Octarine. Smooth grade 3 - satisfactory with no ups and downs.

unfortunately very disappointing in the blind tasting has a balsamic/raspberry vinegar note, is floral and very woody, but the dark notes from the nose are no longer there in the taste.

Very sweet and delicious, but it's hardly a whisky. More like Cognac added with sweet wine.

The Glenallachie that has tasted the least to me so far. Unfortunately meaningless in terms of taste.

Pretty young Glenallachie and a bit disappointing. Somehow it is irritating to get so much virgin oak notes and the dram is not balanced. Unfortunately the first Glenallachie that I don't have to try again.

A pleasant dram, but the earth hasn't moved.

Where it says Billy on it, it says Billy on it. Excellent barrel management. Quite complex. Looks older. That's fun. Even if I don't really like the nose, very good work on the palate

The spices stand out, but there's a sweetness and depth that belies its age.

I think it's decent. Possibly a bit woody in the finish for some, but I didn’t find it off putting and enjoyed both sittings of this 5ml mini. The nose is really good, probably the best bit, although it does need time to open up. I got nothing but acetone burn straight out of the bottle, but it came alive after about 30 minutes resting and was happy to immediately put out sticky caramel, sweet glazed bread and beeswax. Following only with a slight lag, was the fruit: dried red berries, medjool dates, red toffee apple and touch of citrus. All juicy and not at all unexpected considering the variety of aging vessels this has lived in. A little of the spirity nature remains but is now mostly crowded out by its surroundings. For all the nose's complexity, the palate is comparatively simple, touching down with more languid caramel, candied red fruit and plum jam spiked with orange zest. After a while, fairly gentle shredded ginger builds and peaks revealing some very fresh oak. The tail starts with a lot of drying peppermint driven by that oak, and the astringency has a peanut skin quality to it, but as powerful as the woodiness is, spiced Ovaltine-Malt and dark jammy fruit hold their nerve keeping the sweetness present as herbal and cocoa bitterness try to get the upper hand. So, yes this is absolutely dominated by the casks, but it’s still good whisky and despite all of the action it has seen, the malt is still a tangible presence.

B: 46%, ucf, nc, thick. 21 N: red fruits, cinnamon, ginger, honey, wood, some cherry. 22 P: wood, spice, vanilla, cinnamon, mint. 20 F: wood, spice, vanilla, mint. 20 Bottled 18.3.22. The youngest whisky of Billy Walker's fabellous line. The same aging in two types of sherry and virgin oak casks, but in this case, wine casks are also added. Exellent intense nose, sweet palate reveals its young age with spice and slight bitterness of wood. The finish has medium length, minty and bitter. Reviewed 16.3.2023

A nice daily dram. Rounder than many other older (and more expensive) Glenallachie. You can still see his youth, even if the cask blend is supposed to cover it up.

Amber color. Clear oiliness.

S 6.5 This is more harmonic than the Rye finish in Glenallachie’s Wood Finish Series (WB133093). On the other hand, as there are so many cask types vatted into the final product, no cask and no distillate that particularly stands out, almost feels like a blend. To me, it’s a plus, if this is a £30 blend. There’s a lot going on in here but at the same time, it’s very much playing on the safe side. 81-85 - Another dram welcomed