Guided by Master Distiller Billy Walker, our team is on a ‘Meikle Tòir’—a bold pursuit to craft exceptional peated single malt at The GlenAllachie Distillery in Speyside. Every cask slumbering in our 16 on-site warehouses is closely observed throughout its maturation. Occasionally, we discover hidden gems that develop particularly distinctive character shaped by their oak, history, and provenance. Our Meikle Tòir Single Casks represent the wonders of our warehouses and are bottled at natural strength to capture their full personality, offering an experience as close as possible to sampling straight from the cask. Crafted with mainland peat sourced from St Fergus, this Meikle Tòir single cask is bottled for The Spirit of Speyside European Single Cask Collection. Matured in a singl...
TASTING NOTES
NOSE: Smoked red apple, muscovado sugar and candied ginger, with grilled honeycomb, black cherries and dried orchard fruits.
PALATE: Grilled honeycomb, orange zest and mocha, followed by butterscotch, smoked spices and stone fruits, with cinnamon butter and poached pears.
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