Chivas Brothers Glenallachie 15 Years Old, Cask Strength Edition

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 50 by Michael Jackson and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose Perfumy. Luxury soap. A country house hotel. Polished oak. Beeswax. Palate Nutty. Honeyed. Suggests baclava, but not quite so sweet. Belgian wafers, interleaved with chocolate. Finish Liqueur-ish. Concentrated. Intense. Serve it with the petit-fours. Comment Perhaps too sweet for some malt lovers but packed with flavour. Bland it ain’t.

Dave Broom Nose Intriguing mix of sweet and dry. Raisin, some carbonised notes. Dried tangerine peel, chocolate, fruit loaf and some earth. Development shows a slight falling off. Palate Sweet start, some clove, treacle toffee. Has sufficient weight to cope with the oak. Has some light tannins. Finish Fruit peels, bitter chocolate. Comment Well balanced, just decays a little over time in the glass.