Glenallachie 21 Years Old Batch Number Two 51.1% NV

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The man, the myth, the whisky
You could call Billy Walker a living legend in the whisky world. This year the eccentric whisky icon has been in the industry for 50 years and you could say that he has more than earned his spurs. Especially when he comes up with whisky like this 21 year old beauty every time.
It's been almost impossible to miss lately. Data centers and telephone exchanges have scaled up their capacity to handle the demand for and about this whisky. The 21-year-old whisky shows what The GlenAllachie and perhaps Billy Walker are particularly good at. A Cask Strength whisky in its purest form. From the 50,000 barrels in the sixteen warehouses, five very special barrels have been selected by “the master himself”. The five barrels were used in a previous life for Pedro Ximinez Sherry and that is certainly reflected in and tasted.
Tasting Notes:
• Color: Rich mahogany.
• Nose: Aroma of cocoa, heather honey and orange peel, with notes of cinnamon, mocha and fruitcake.
• Taste: An amalgamation of fruitcake, syrup and heather honey. Followed by layers of orange zest, stewed fruit and dark chocolate.
• Finish: Long and full of ginger and orange zest.