GlenAllachie Virgin Oak Series: 10 Year Old Spanish Oak – Single Malt Scotch Whisky

From Batch 3 of GlenAllachie’s Virgin Oak Series, this mahogany malt obtains its spicy, treacly flavours from maturation in hogsheads made of Spanish Oak (Quercus Robur). This particular wood was sourced from the regions of Galicia and Asturias, specifically from the forests of the Cantabrian Mountains, which have a cool, humid climate. The oak was air dried for around 18 months and then toasted and charred to a medium level, opening up the oak to allow GlenAllachie’s complex spirit to extract its cask character. This release is presented all natural colour with no chill-filtering.